Creating Language
Integrating Evolution, Acquisition, and Processing
$80.47
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
20 April 2018
Summary
A work that reveals the profound links between the evolution, acquisition, and processing of language, and proposes a new integrative framework for the language sciences.Language is a hallmark of the human species; the flexibility and unbounded expressivity of our linguistic abilities is unique in the biological world. In this book, Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater argue that to understand this astonishing phenomenon, we must consider how language is created- moment by moment, in the gener…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262535113 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262535114 |
| Author: | Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater, Peter W. Culicover |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 20 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 462g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Creating Language |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
”[C]ompelling….I would like to believe that this book and the momentum of its approach should have a large impact and eventually supersede Chomsky’s and improve the science of language.”
–American Journal of Psychology
“Where [Christiansen and Chater] really achieve is in synthesizing a wealth of recent empirical data on the learnability of languages. The huge amount of data presented, largely drawn from computational models and developmental psychology, is impressive and never less than clearly explained….their book offers a compelling illustration of the growing power of non-specialized machine learning tools.”
–Biology & Philosophy
“Christiansen and Chater cover a wide range of issues and their coverage of the review of literature over the last 20 or so years is impressive….Creating Language is a recommended resource for anyone wishing to understand how language acquisition and processing constrain each other or for those seeking an alternative to generative approaches.”
–The Canadian Journal of Linguistics
About The Author
Morten H. Christiansen
Morten H. Christiansen is Professor of Psychology and Codirector of the Cognitive Science Program at Cornell University.Nick Chater is Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.Peter Culicover is Professor of Linguistics at Ohio State University.
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