{"product_id":"a-mind-for-language-9781108456494","title":"A Mind for Language","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/h2\u003eIllustrated with real-life examples throughout, this book provides a complete introduction to one of the most fundamental question about what it means to be human: how does human language arise in the mind? Theory is explained in an easy-to-understand way, making it accessible for students without a background in linguistics--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003eI. Introduction; 1. What this book is about; II. The never-ending debate; 2. The innateness hypothesis; 3. Philosophy of mind; 4. Cognitive science; 5. Modularity; III. The mental grammar, language universals and language change; 6. The organization of the mental grammar; 7. Language universals; 8. Language change; IV. Language acquisition; 9. Language acquisition: the road from input to mental grammar; 10. Stages of language acquisition; 11. Critical period effects; 12. How children create new languages; V. Language in a different modality; 13. Sign languages; VI. Winding up; 14. Evaluating the arguments: a forum discussion.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738296529239,"sku":"9781108456494","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781108456494.jpg?v=1723811900","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-mind-for-language-9781108456494","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}