The Secrets of Words by Noam Chomsky - ISBN: 9780262046718
Hardcover
Unlocking language’s mysteries: science, AI hype, and the unknowable.

The Secrets of Words

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  • Hardcover

    96 pages

  • Release Date

    17 May 2022

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Summary

Two distinguished linguists on language, the history of science, misplaced euphoria, surprising facts, and potentially permanent mysteries.

In The Secrets of Words, influential linguist Noam Chomsky and his longtime colleague Andrea Moro have a wide-ranging conversation, touching on such topics as language and linguistics, the history of science, and the relation between language and the brain. Moro draws Chomsky out on today’s misplaced euphoria about artificial intelligence…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262046718
ISBN-10:0262046717
Author:Noam Chomsky, Andrea Moro
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:17 May 2022
Weight:567g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
About The Author

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor and Professor of Linguistics Emeritus at MIT and Laureate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, where he is also the Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice. He is the author of many influential books on linguistics, including Aspects of the Theory of Syntax and The Minimalist Program.

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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