LANGUAGE AND MIND.
Edition: 3RD ED.
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Published: 2006
Place of publication: CAMBRIDGE
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 190
Description: Presents the third edition of Chomsky's collection of essays on language and mind. The first six chapters, originally published in the 1960s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theory. This edition complements them with an additional chapter and a new preface, bringing Chomsky's approach into the twenty-first century. Chapters 1-6 present Chomsky's early work on the nature and acquisition of language as a genetically endowed, biological system (Universal Grammar), through the rules and principles of which we acquire an internalized knowledge (I-language). Over the past fifty years, this framework has sparked inquiry into a wide range of languages, and has yielded some major theoretical questions. The final chapter revisits the key issues, reviewing the 'biolinguistic' approach that has guided Chomsky's work from its origins to the present day, and raising some challenges for the study of language and mind. --Adapted from publisher description.