Knowledge Of Language: Its Nature, Origin, And Use

Chomsky, Noam

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ISBN 10: 0275917614 ISBN 13: 9780275917616

Published by Praeger, Westport, 1986

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Knowledge Of Language: Its Nature, Origin, And Use

Publisher

Praeger, Westport

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0275917614

ISBN 13

9780275917616

Binding

Soft cover

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1st Edition

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1st Printing

Condition

Fine

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Why do we know so much more than we have evidence for in certain areas, and so much less in others? In tackling these questions--Plato's and Orwell's problem--Chomsky again demonstrates his unequalled capacity to integrate vast amounts of material. . . . A clear introduction to current thinking on grammatical theory.
David W. Lightfoot, University of Maryland

I feel that it is his most persuasive defense of the idea that the study of linguistic structure provides insight into the human mind. Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington

This is an excellent contribution to the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. . . . The best available introduction to Chomsky's current ideas on syntax made accessible to the non-specialist.
Julius M. Moravcsik, Stanford Unviersity

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Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, including Hegemony or Survival and Failed States. A laureate professor at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus of linguistics and philosophy at MIT, he is widely credited with having revolutionized modern linguistics. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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