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ЧЕЛОВЕК ГОВОРЯЩИЙ. ЭВОЛЮЦИЯ И ЯЗЫК

Bibliographic Description

Человек говорящий. Эволюция и язык / Хомский Н., Бервик Р. – СПб : Питер, 2018. – (New Scіence). – ISBN 978-5-496-02939-1.

Author
Хомский Н., Бервик Р.
Publisher
Питер
Year of publication
2018
Classification index (UDC)
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Language
Russian
Publication type
Book
Country of Publication
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Access
Available to all

Description

Human language is a unique system of communication found only in Homo sapiens. Why, and above all, what for, did we learn to speak? Why does any one of us, in early childhood, acquire our native language easily and effortlessly, while learning foreign languages is such a difficult task? Did Neanderthal language exist, and did our ancestors ever happen to speak with them? What is the hypothesis of linguistic relativity, and how does it affect our understanding of human nature? You will find answers to these and many other questions in the book by Noam Chomsky — the eccentric and indomitable linguist of our time — written jointly with Robert Berwick, a specialist in artificial intelligence.

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