How the Brain Evolved Language

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Epistemology, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
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Author: Donald Loritz ISBN: 9780190287986
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: February 28, 2002
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Donald Loritz
ISBN: 9780190287986
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: February 28, 2002
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

How can an infinite number of sentences be generated from one human mind? How did language evolve in apes? In this book Donald Loritz addresses these and other fundamental and vexing questions about language, cognition, and the human brain. He starts by tracing how evolution and natural adaptation selected certain features of the brain to perform communication functions, then shows how those features developed into designs for human language. The result -- what Loritz calls an adaptive grammar -- gives a unified explanation of language in the brain and contradicts directly (and controversially) the theory of innateness proposed by, among others, Chomsky and Pinker.

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How can an infinite number of sentences be generated from one human mind? How did language evolve in apes? In this book Donald Loritz addresses these and other fundamental and vexing questions about language, cognition, and the human brain. He starts by tracing how evolution and natural adaptation selected certain features of the brain to perform communication functions, then shows how those features developed into designs for human language. The result -- what Loritz calls an adaptive grammar -- gives a unified explanation of language in the brain and contradicts directly (and controversially) the theory of innateness proposed by, among others, Chomsky and Pinker.

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