When it was first published in 1997, Geoffrey Sampson's Educating
Eve was described as the definitive response to Steven Pinker's The
Language Instinct and Noam Chomsky's nativism. In this revised and
expanded new edition, Sampson revisits his original arguments in
the light of fresh evidence that has emerged since the original
publication.
Since Chomsky revolutionized the study of language in the 1960s, it
has increasingly come to be accepted that language and other
knowledge structures are hard-wired in our genes. According to this
view, human beings are born with a rich structure of cognition
already in place. But people do not realize how thin the evidence
for that idea is.
The 'Language Instinct' Debate examines the various arguments for
instinctive knowledge, and finds that each one rests on false
premisses or embodies logical fallacies. The structures of language
are shown to be purely cultural creations.
With a new chapter entitled 'How People Really Speak' which uses
corpus data to analyse how language is used in spontaneous English
conversation, responses to critics, extensive revisions throughout,
and a new preface by Paul Postal of New York University, this new
edition will be an essential purchase for students, academics, and
general readers interested in the debate about the 'language
instinct'.
General
Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2005 |
First published: |
May 2005 |
Authors: |
Geoffrey Sampson
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
240 |
Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8264-7384-4 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
English
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Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
Philosophy of language
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LSN: |
0-8264-7384-9 |
Barcode: |
9780826473844 |
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