What kind of creatures are we? / Noam Chomsky.
What kind of creatures are we? / Noam Chomsky.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
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G 2016/765
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English
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xxiv, 167 pages ; 19 cm.
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
What is language? -- What can we understand? -- What is the common good? -- The mysteries of nature : how deeply hidden?.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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A collection of lectures by the "founder of modern linguistics" discusses fifty years of scientific development in the study of language as he expounds and criticizes a variety of theories. --Publisher's description.
"In clear, precise, and non-technical language, Chomsky elaborates on fifty years of scientific development in the study of language, sketching how his own work has implications for the origins of language, the close relations that language bears to thought, and its eventual biological basis. He expounds and criticizes many alternative theories, su...
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What kind of creatures are we? / Noam Chomsky.
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Columbia themes in philosophy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/765
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74VKzQNe2mll
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzQNe2mll
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0231175965 hardcover alkaline paper
9780231175968 hardcover alkaline paper
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401
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991023559369702626