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100 1 $aJackendoff, Ray,$d1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001044265
245 10 $aPatterns in the mind :$blanguage and human nature /$cRay Jackendoff.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bBasicBooks,$c[1994], ©1994.
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300 $aix, 246 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-239) and index.
505 0 $aPt. I. The fundamental arguments. 1. Finding our way into the problem: The nature/nurture issue. 2. The argument for mental grammar. 3. The argument for innate knowledge -- Pt. II. The organization of mental grammar. 4. Overview. 5. Phonological structure. 6. Syntactic structure. 7. American sign language -- Pt. III. Evidence for the biological basis of language. 8. How children learn language. 9. Language acquisition in unusual circumstances I. 10. Language acquisition in unusual circumstances II. 11. Language and the brain -- Pt. IV. Mental capacities other than language. 12. The argument for the construction of experience. 13. Music and vision. 14. Language as a window on thought. 15. Social organization.
520 $aWhat is it about the human mind that accounts for the fact that we can all speak and understand a language? Why can't other creatures do the same? And what does this tell us about the rest of human abilities? Recent dramatic discoveries in linguistics and psychology provide intriguing answers to these age-old mysteries. Along with the stunning advances in neuro-science and artificial intelligence, this research has breathed new life into the study of the mind.
520 8 $aThe central idea of this book is that our language ability is stored in the brain as a set of unconscious patterns, or a "mental grammar." How do children learn this grammar? Ray Jackendoff demonstrates that this remarkable feat involves a rich interweaving of nature and nurture: children come to the task of learning language equipped with an innate, genetically encoded "Universal Grammar" that provides the building blocks for all human languages.
520 8 $aPatterns in the Mind emphasizes the grammatical commonalities across languages, both spoken and signed, and discusses the implications for our understanding of language acquisition and loss.
520 8 $aIs the rest of human ability and experience like language? Jackendoff shows that indeed many other abilities are also supported by an innate brain specialization, among them vision, appreciation of music, and our ability to interact socially and culturally with other people. Thus the mechanisms of human language serve as a vehicle for understanding more generally "the way we are."
650 0 $aPsycholinguistics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108432
650 0 $aInnateness hypothesis (Linguistics)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002195
650 0 $aLanguage acquisition.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074511
650 0 $aPhilosophy of mind.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004340
852 00 $bbar$hP37$i.J33 1994
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