I-Language: An Introduction to Linguistics as Cognitive ScienceOUP Oxford, 2013 - 373 pagine I-Language introduces the uninitiated to linguistics as cognitive science. In an engaging, down-to-earth style Daniela Isac and Charles Reiss give a crystal-clear demonstration of the application of the scientific method in linguistic theory. Their presentation of the research program inspired by Noam Chomsky shows how the focus of theory and research in linguistics shifted from treating language as a disembodied, human-external entity to cognitive biolinguistics - the study of language as a human cognitive system embedded within the mind/brain of each individual. The recurring theme of equivalence classes in linguistic computation ties together the presentation of material from phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The same theme is used to help students understand the place of linguistics in the broader context of the cognitive sciences, by drawing on examples from vision, audition and even animal cognition. This textbook is unique in its integration of empirical issues of linguistic analysis, engagement with philosophical questions that arise in the study of language, and treatment of the history of the field. Topics ranging from allophony to reduplication, ergativity, and negative polarity are invoked to show the implications of findings in cognitive biolinguistics for philosophical issues like reference, the mind-body problem, and nature-nurture debates. The well-tested material in the book is appropriate for a variety of audiences, from large introductory courses in linguistics to graduate seminars in cognitive science or philosophy of mind. It contains numerous exercises and guides for further reading as well as ideas for student projects. A companion website with guidance for instructors and answers to the exercises features a series of pdf slide presentations to accompany the teaching of each topic. This fully revised and updated second edition includes additional exercises and expanded discussions on topics such as language and culture, philosophy, and rationalist explorations of language and mind. |
Sommario
Linguistic Representation and Computation | 89 |
Universal Grammar | 235 |
Implications and Conclusions | 283 |
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abstract allophones anaphor approach assume base position biolinguistic brain c-command Chapter Chomsky Chomsky’s cognitive cognitive science coindexed complex computational consider constituent construction context copula correspond defined definition dialect difficult discussion domain downward-entailing Dyirbal English entities equivalence classes everyday example Exercise fact fields figure find finite first fish human language faculty Hypothesis I-language I-language perspective John linguistic Maranungku Mary meaning mental grammar mind Noam Chomsky node NON-BACK notion noun NPIs object output patterns phonetics phonology phrase physical Pintupi plural pronouns properties Quebec French question reduplication refer reflect representation rules Sami Samoan scientific sentence singular sound speakers specific speech spotted that rodent stress string suffix syllable symbols syntactic categories Syntactic Structures syntax telescope theory tree triangle Turkish ungrammatical Universal Grammar verb vowel vowel harmony Warao Warlpiri Weri wh-movement words