000812479 000__ 03733cam\a2200529Ki\4500 000812479 001__ 812479 000812479 005__ 20210515142542.0 000812479 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000812479 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000812479 008__ 180426t20162016mauaf\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000812479 019__ $$a957615548$$a958386110$$a960086039$$a980850188$$a990467198$$a1014475030 000812479 020__ $$a9780262333351$$q(electronic book) 000812479 020__ $$a026233335X$$q(electronic book) 000812479 020__ $$a9780262333368$$q(electronic book) 000812479 020__ $$a0262333368$$q(electronic book) 000812479 020__ $$z9780262034241 000812479 020__ $$z0262034247 000812479 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn934433881 000812479 035__ $$a812479 000812479 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cN$T$$dYDXCP$$dIDEBK$$dTEFOD$$dCDX$$dWAU$$dMYG$$dYDX$$dTOH$$dOCLCQ$$dCNCGM$$dOCLCQ$$dMERUC$$dEBLCP$$dLIP$$dFIE$$dOCLCQ$$dMERER$$dOCLCQ$$dU3W$$dOCLCA$$dOCLCQ$$dCEF 000812479 049__ $$aISEA 000812479 050_4 $$aP118$$b.B475 2016eb 000812479 08204 $$a401/.93$$223 000812479 1001_ $$aBerwick, Robert C.,$$eauthor. 000812479 24510 $$aWhy only us :$$blanguage and evolution /$$cRobert C. Berwick, Noam Chomsky. 000812479 264_1 $$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$$bThe MIT Press,$$c[2016] 000812479 264_4 $$c©2016 000812479 300__ $$a1 online resource (215 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) :$$billustrations 000812479 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000812479 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000812479 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000812479 347__ $$atext file$$2rda 000812479 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 167-199) and indexes. 000812479 50500 $$tWhy now? --$$tBiolinguistics evolving --$$tLanguage architecture and its import for evolution --$$tTriangles in the brain. 000812479 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000812479 520__ $$a"We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in conversations. This remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire any human language--'the language faculty'--raises important biological questions about language, including how it has evolved. This book by two distinguished scholars--a computer scientist and a linguist--addresses the enduring question of the evolution of language. Robert Berwick and Noam Chomsky explain that until recently the evolutionary question could not be properly posed, because we did not have a clear idea of how to define 'language' and therefore what it was that had evolved. But since the Minimalist Program, developed by Chomsky and others, we know the key ingredients of language and can put together an account of the evolution of human language and what distinguishes us from all other animals. Berwick and Chomsky discuss the biolinguistic perspective on language, which views language as a particular object of the biological world; the computational efficiency of language as a system of thought and understanding; the tension between Darwin's idea of gradual change and our contemporary understanding about evolutionary change and language; and evidence from nonhuman animals, in particular vocal learning in songbirds"--MIT CogNet. 000812479 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000812479 650_0 $$aLanguage acquisition$$xPsychological aspects. 000812479 650_0 $$aHuman evolution$$xPsychological aspects. 000812479 650_0 $$aMinimalist theory (Linguistics) 000812479 650_0 $$aBiolinguistics. 000812479 650_0 $$aPsycholinguistics. 000812479 7001_ $$aChomsky, Noam,$$eauthor. 000812479 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aBerwick, Robert C.$$tWhy only us.$$dCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]$$z9780262034241$$w(DLC) 2015038384$$w(OCoLC)927241552 000812479 852__ $$bacq 000812479 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000812479 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4586415$$zOnline Access 000812479 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:812479$$pGLOBAL_SET 000812479 980__ $$aEBOOK 000812479 980__ $$aBIB 000812479 982__ $$aEbook 000812479 983__ $$aOnline