Neil Smith

Language, Frogs and Savants

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Produktbeschreibung

What does it mean to know a language? Is there a language gene? What do we lose when a language dies? Picking up where his previous book Language, Bananas and Bonobos left off, Neil Smith explores these questions and more in a collection of essays that will intrigue the linguist on holiday or the language lover in all of us. With topics ranging from sign language to the mispronunciations of two-year-olds, Language, Frogs and Savants offers a further glimpse into the fascinating world of linguistics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9781405130370
• ISBN-10: 1405130377
• Artikelnr.: 22316648

Autorenporträt

Lynnfred Smith is a new author who is fascinated with history and science fiction. In 2019, while working for a well-known airline, Lynnfred found himself drawn to write books because of significant present day events which affects our lives daily. He wrote the book Narratives: The Continuing Generational Pandemic in August 2020 to introduce the public to the Ma'riine 4 book series beginning with his new novel Ma'riine: Extinction Level Event 6 (The Medusa Syndrome).

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication.
Preface.
Introduction: What everyone should know about language and linguistics.
Part I. The meaning of 'Language'.
Part II. Knowledge of Language.
Part III. Describing Knowledge of Language.
Part IV. Explanation in Language.
Part V. Linguistics as a 'Science'.
Part VI. Beyond language: Pragmatics and the Language of Thought.
Part I Language in the Limit.
1. Savants.
2. Singing by the Dead.
3. Maganar Hannu.
4. Sneering at the Arts.
5. Babes and Sucklings.
6. Censored?.
7. Did you know that the Portuguese for Turkey is Peru?.
Part II Language in the Genes.
8. Obstinacy.
9. Backlash.
10. Is there a gene for linguists?.
11. Frogs, Parrots, Grooming, the Basal Ganglia and Language.
Part III Core Concerns.
12. Parametric Poverty.
13. Linguistics by Numbers.
14. Modules, Modals, Maths & the Mind.
15. Nothing.
16. The.
17. Are gucks mentally represented?.
Postscript: A Refutation.
18. Wonder.
Glossary.
References.
Index.

Rezensionen

Praise for Neil Smith's Language, Bananas andBonobos...

"These sketches by Neil Smith's deft and expert hands provide awonderful sampling of many and diverse paths of inquiry inspired byand informing the study of language, the unexpected delights oneencounters on the way, the surprising and thought-provokinginsights, and the puzzles, paradoxes and mysteries that offer apersistent challenge to understanding of essential elements ofhuman nature." Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology

"Neil Smith has not only a profound knowledge of currentdevelopments in linguistics but also a talent for explaining theissues clearly and approachably." John Wells FBA, UniversityCollege London