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The Atoms Of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules Of Grammar - Mark C. Baker
The Atoms Of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules Of Grammar
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This skillfully crafted work...combines acute theoretical insight, deep understanding of a wide variety of typologically different languages, and impressive lucidity. It is a wonderful and valuable achievement."—Noam Chomsky
This skillfully crafted work...combines acute theoretical insight, deep understanding of a wide variety of typologically different languages, and impressive lucidity. It is a wonderful and valuable achievement."—Noam Chomsky
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780465005222 (0465005225)
ASIN: 465005225
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
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The problem with linguistics is that it’s still wedded to the humanistic disciplines of anthropology and history, which have arbitrarily classified languages by lexicon, proximity or some other, unscientific criterion. In The Atoms of Language, Mark Baker uses the analogy of the periodic table of el...
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