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The ascent of Babel : an exploration of language, mind, and understanding / Gerry T.M. Altmann ; illustrations by Andrea Enzinger.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.Description: xiii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0198523777
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401.9 ALT 23
LOC classification:
  • P37 .A46 1997
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Contents:
In the beginning ; 1. Looking towards Babel ; 2. Babies, birth, and language ; 3. Chinchillas do it too ; 4. Words, and what we learn to do with them ; 5. Organizing the dictionary ; 6. Words, and how we (eventually) find them ; 7. Time flies like an arrow ; 8. Who did what, and to whom? ; 9. On the meaning of meaning ; 10. Exercising the vocal organs ; 11. The written word ; 12. When it all goes wrong ; 13. Wiring-up a brain ; 14. The descent from Babel ; Bibliography
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-252) and index.

In the beginning ; 1. Looking towards Babel ; 2. Babies, birth, and language ; 3. Chinchillas do it too ; 4. Words, and what we learn to do with them ; 5. Organizing the dictionary ; 6. Words, and how we (eventually) find them ; 7. Time flies like an arrow ; 8. Who did what, and to whom? ; 9. On the meaning of meaning ; 10. Exercising the vocal organs ; 11. The written word ; 12. When it all goes wrong ; 13. Wiring-up a brain ; 14. The descent from Babel ; Bibliography

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