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Introducing Chomsky: A Graphic Guide Book

Can it be that the human brain possesses an in-built faculty for language? Noam Chomsky, one of the most brilliant linguists of the 20th century, believes that it does- that there exists a 'universal grammar' common to all languages. Around the world children learn, in very similar ways, languages that seem entirely different. This is possible, Chomsky argues, because all human languages and their grammatical structures are linked in the human brain.Chomsky is controversial and yet highly influential, both in his pioneering work in linguistics and in his unrelenting critique of international power and his commitment to freedom and justice. These two 'Chomskys' are heirs to the Enlightenment tradition, and this book is the ideal introduction to them both.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    John Maher's Introducing Chomsky: A Graphic Guide traces Chomsky's understanding of the cognitive realities involved in the use of language - and the technical apparatus needed to represent it. The sometimes complex theories are explained in a clear manner through Judy Groves' brilliant illustrations. A great introduction to the man sometimes described as the 'father of modern linguistics'.

  • Blackwell

    Compact INTRODUCING guide to the seminal linguist and irrepressible critic of right-wing America. Linguist Noam Chomsky maintains that the human brain has an innate language faculty, and that part of this biological endowment is a 'universal...

  • Pickabook

    John Maher, Judy Groves (Illus)

  • 1848312946
  • 9781848312944
  • John Maher
  • 1 September 2011
  • Icon Books Ltd
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 176
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