The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Morten H. Christiansen, Nick ChaterPublish date:2022-02-22Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541674981ISBN-10:1541674987UPC:9781541674981Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology, ScienceBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognitive ScienceBook Topic:Historical & ComparativeSize:9.30 x 6.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC7JAX0JE0
The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
Forget the language instinct--this is the story of how we make up language as we go
Language is perhaps humanity's most astonishing capacity--and one that remains poorly understood. In The Language Game, cognitive scientists Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater show us where generations of scientists seeking the rules of language got it wrong. Language isn't about hardwired grammars but about...Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541674981ISBN-10:1541674987UPC:9781541674981Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology, ScienceBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognitive ScienceBook Topic:Historical & ComparativeSize:9.30 x 6.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC7JAX0JE0
Morten H. Christiansen is the William R. Kenan, Jr. professor of psychology at Cornell University as well as a senior scientist at the Haskins Labs and professor in cognitive science of language at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers and has edited four books. He lives near Ithaca, New York.
Nick Chater is a...
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