The Price of Linguistic Productivity
How Children Learn to Break the Rules of Language
- Hardcover
280 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2016
Summary
An investigation of howchildren balance rules and exceptions when they learn languages.All languages have exceptions alongside overarching rules and regularities. How does a young child tease them apart within just a few years of language acquisition? In this book, drawing an economic analogy, Charles Yang argues that just as the price of goods is determined by the balance between supply and demand, the price of linguistic productivity arises from the quantitative considerations of rules and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262035323 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262035324 |
| Author: | Charles Yang |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 530g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 21mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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About The Author
Charles Yang
Charles Yang teaches Linguistics and Computer Science and directs the Program in Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author ofKnowledge and Learning in Natural LanguageandThe Infinite Gift, and is currently writing a book on language change.
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