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Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origins and Use

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Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origins, and Use - Chomsky, Noam
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Why do we know so much more than we have evidence for in certain areas, and so much less in others? In tackling these questions--Plato's and Orwell's problem--Chomsky again demonstrates his unequalled capacity to integrate vast amounts of material. . . . A clear introduction to current thinking on grammatical theory. David W. Lightfoot, University of Maryland I feel that it is his most persuasive defense of the idea that the study of linguistic structure provides insight into the human mind. Frederick J. Newmeyer, ...

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Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origins, and Use 1986, Praeger, New York

ISBN-13: 9780275917616

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