01762cam a2200301 a 4500 1712 1712 3069812 OSt 20190911152026.0 970314s1997 enka b 001 0 eng 97010427 0198523777 DLC DLC DLC P37 .A46 1997 401.9 ALT 23 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 Psycholinguistics. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0635/97010427-d.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0635/97010427-t.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/97010427-b.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 19 y-gencatlg ddc STS 0 0 ddc 0 0 31/1 AIISH AIISH 2019-09-11 0 401.9 ALT 11881 2019-09-11 00:00:00 2019-09-11 STS