Impossible Languages
$60.89
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2023
Summary
An investigation into the possibility of impossible languages, searching for the indelible “fingerprint” of human language.
Can there be such a thing as an impossible human language? A biologist could describe an impossible animal as one that goes against the physical laws of nature (entropy, for example, or gravity). Are there any such laws that constrain languages? In this book, Andrea Moro—a distinguished linguist and neuroscientist—investigates the possibility of impossible langua…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262549233 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262549239 |
| Author: | Andrea Moro |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 137mm x 203mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
“Impossible Languages is written in a succinct and easy-to-follow style, focusing on what makes human language distinct from any other communication system.”
-Journal of Universal Language
Andrea Moro
Andrea Moro is Professor of General Linguistics at the Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS) in Pavia, Italy. He is the author of Impossible Languages, The Boundaries of Babel, and A Brief History of the Verb To Be, and other books.
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