TY - BOOK AU - Altmann,Gerry T.M. TI - The ascent of Babel: an exploration of language, mind, and understanding SN - 0198523777 AV - P37 .A46 1997 U1 - 401.9 ALT 23 PY - 1997/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Psycholinguistics N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0635/97010427-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0635/97010427-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0722/97010427-b.html ER -