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Rich Languages From Poor Inputs (Hardcover): Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Robert C. Berwick Rich Languages From Poor Inputs (Hardcover)
Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Robert C. Berwick
R3,630 R2,918 Discovery Miles 29 180 Save R712 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book addresses one of the most famous and controversial arguments in the study of language and mind, the Poverty of the Stimulus. Presented by Chomsky in 1968, the argument holds that children do not receive enough evidence to infer the existence of core aspects of language, such as the dependence of linguistic rules on hierarchical phrase structure. The argument strikes against empiricist accounts of language acquisition and supports the conclusion that knowledge of some aspects of grammar must be innate. In the first part of Rich Grammars from Poor Inputs, contributors consider the general issues around the POS argument, review the empirical data, and offer new and plausible explanations. This is followed by a discussion of the the processes of language acquisition, and observed 'gaps' between adult and child grammar, concentrating on the late spontaneous acquisition by children of some key syntactic principles, basically, though not exclusively, between the ages of 5 to 9. Part 3 widens the horizon beyond language acquisition in the narrow sense, examining the natural development of reading and writing and of the child's growing sensitivity for the fine arts.

Of Minds and Language - A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country (Hardcover): Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Juan... Of Minds and Language - A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country (Hardcover)
Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Juan Uriagereka, Pello Salaburu
R2,008 Discovery Miles 20 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents a state-of-the-art account of what we know and would like to know about language, mind, and brain. Chapters by leading researchers in linguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, cognitive neuroscience, comparative cognitive psychology, and evolutionary biology are framed by an introduction and conclusion by Noam Chomsky, who places the biolinguistic enterprise in an historical context and helps define its agenda for the future.
The questions explored include:
What is our tacit knowledge of language?
What is the faculty of language?
How does it develop in the individual?
How is that knowledge put to use?
How is it implemented in the brain?
How did that knowledge emerge in the species?
The book includes the contributor's key discussions, which dramatically bring to life their enthusiasm for the enterprise and skill in communicating across disciplines. Everyone seriously interested in how language works and why it works the way it does are certain to find, if not all the answers, then a convincing, productive, and lively approach to the endeavour.

Rich Languages From Poor Inputs (Paperback): Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Robert C. Berwick Rich Languages From Poor Inputs (Paperback)
Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Robert C. Berwick
R1,165 Discovery Miles 11 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book addresses one of the most famous and controversial arguments in the study of language and mind, the Poverty of the Stimulus. Presented by Chomsky in 1968, the argument holds that children do not receive enough evidence to infer the existence of core aspects of language, such as the dependence of linguistic rules on hierarchical phrase structure. The argument strikes against empiricist accounts of language acquisition and supports the conclusion that knowledge of some aspects of grammar must be innate. In the first part of Rich Languages from Poor Inputs, contributors consider the general issues around the Poverty of the Stimulus argument, review the empirical data, and offer new and plausible explanations. This is followed by a discussion of the processes of language acquisition, and observed 'gaps' between adult and child grammar, concentrating on the late spontaneous acqquisition by children of some key syntactic principles, mainly, though not exclusively, between the ages of 5 and 9. The last part of the book widens the horizon beyond language acquisition in the narrow sense, examining the natural development of reading and writing and of the child's growing sensitivity for the fine arts.

Of Minds and Language - A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country (Paperback): Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Juan... Of Minds and Language - A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country (Paperback)
Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Juan Uriagereka, Pello Salaburu
R797 R692 Discovery Miles 6 920 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents a state-of-the-art account of what we know and would like to know about language, mind, and brain. Chapters by leading researchers in linguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, cognitive neuroscience, comparative cognitive psychology, and evolutionary biology are framed by an introduction and conclusion by Noam Chomsky, who places the biolinguistic enterprise in an historical context and helps define its agenda for the future.
The questions explored include:
What is our tacit knowledge of language?
What is the faculty of language?
How does it develop in the individual?
How is that knowledge put to use?
How is it implemented in the brain?
How did that knowledge emerge in the species?
The book includes the contributor's key discussions, which dramatically bring to life their enthusiasm for the enterprise and skill in communicating across disciplines. Everyone seriously interested in how language works and why it works the way it does are certain to find, if not all the answers, then a convincing, productive, and lively approach to the endeavour.

What Darwin Got Wrong (Paperback, Updated Picador ed.): Jerry Fodor, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini What Darwin Got Wrong (Paperback, Updated Picador ed.)
Jerry Fodor, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
R491 R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Save R74 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With a New Afterword
"What Darwin Got Wrong" is a remarkable book, one that dares to challenge the theory of natural selection as an explanation for how evolution works--a devastating critique not in the name of religion but in the name of good science. Combining the results of cutting-edge work in experimental biology with crystal-clear philosophical arguments, Fodor and Piattelli-Palmarini mount a reasoned and convincing assault on the central tenets of Darwin's account of the origin of species. This is a concise argument that will transform the debate about evolution and move us beyond the false dilemma of being either for natural selection or against science.

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