The ascent of Babel :
Altmann, Gerry T. M.
The ascent of Babel : an exploration of language, mind, and understanding / Gerry T.M. Altmann ; illustrations by Andrea Enzinger. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. - xiii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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
0198523777
97010427
Psycholinguistics.
P37 / .A46 1997
401.9 ALT
The ascent of Babel : an exploration of language, mind, and understanding / Gerry T.M. Altmann ; illustrations by Andrea Enzinger. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. - xiii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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
0198523777
97010427
Psycholinguistics.
P37 / .A46 1997
401.9 ALT