Editor: Lyle Jenkins, Biolinguistics Institute, Cambridge MA, USA
Hardback: ISBN: 0444512314 Pages: 421 Price: U.S. $ 90
Hardback: ISBN: 0444512314 Pages: 421 Price: Europe EURO 90
Hardback: ISBN: 0444512314 Pages: 421 Price: U.K. £ 60
Abstract:
Jenkins has succeeded in putting together a terrific volume. Some of the
most creative minds in the fields tackle questions of utmost importance in
biolinguistics. The clarity with which these essays are written and the
insights expressed in them are sure to provide solid foundations for
research in linguistics and related fields for years to come. A truly
outstanding collection!
Cedric Boeckx, Harvard University, USA
Contents
Variation in Typology, Acquisition and Change:
Antisymmetry and Japanese, R. Kayne
Toward a Theory of Language Growth, C. Yang
Phase Transitions in Language Evolution, P. Niyogi
Variation in Genetics and Domain Specificity:
Genetic Differences and Language Affinities, I. Dupanloup
Beyond Narrow Syntax, S. Avrutin
Evidence for and Implications of a Domain-Specific Grammatical Deficit,
H.K.J. van der Lely
Neurological Variation and Language Emergence:
The Representation of Grammatical Knowledge in the Brain, A. Caramazza, K.
Shapiro
Variation in Broca's Region: Preliminary Cross-Methodological Comparisons,
Y. Grodzinsky
Language Emergence in a Language-Ready Brain: Acquisition, J. Kegl
Variation in Development Genetics and Language Disorders:
Lenneberg's Dream: Learning, Normal Language Development and Specific
Language Impairment, K. Wexler
Exploring the Phenotype of Specific Language Impairment: a Look at
Grammatical Variability, L. Leonard
The Investigation of Genetic Dysphasia, M. Gopnik
Unification of Linguistics into the Natural Sciences:
Unification in Biolinguistics, L. Jenkins
The Immune Syntax: The Evolution of the Language Virus, M.
Piattelli-Palmarini, J. Uriagereka
Language and Mind: Current Thoughts on Ancient Problems, N. Chomsky
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