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Subject(s)

• Psycholinguistics [Browse]

Series

Routledge classics. [More in this series]

Summary note

This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by the author.'An excellent and very welcome guide to psycholinguistics...highly recommended.' The Washington Post A classic in its field for almost forty years, The Articulate Mammal is a brilliant introduction to psycholinguistics. In lucid prose Jean Aitchison introduces and demystifies a complex and controversial subject: What is language and is it restricted to humans? How do children acquire language so quickly? Is language innate or learned? She explains the pioneering work of Noam Chomsky; how ch

Notes

First published 1976 by the Academic Division of Unwin Hyman Ltd.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Cover; Jean Aitchisonthe Articulate Mammal; Copyright; Contents; Foreword to The Routledge Classics Edition; Preface to The First Edition; Preface to The Fifth Edition; Introduction; 1. The Great Automatic Grammatizator; 2. Animals That Try to Talk; 3. Grandmama's Teeth; 4. Predestinate Grooves; 5. A Blueprint In The Brain?; 6. Chattering Children; 7. Puzzling It out; 8. Celestial Unintelligibility; 9. The White Elephant Problem; 10. The Case of The Missing Fingerprint; 11. The Cheshire Cat's Grin; 12. Banker's Clerk or Hippopotamus?; Suggestions For Further Reading; References; Index

ISBN

• 1-136-80696-2
• 1-283-10368-0
• 9786613103680
• 1-136-80697-0
• 0-203-82824-0

OCLC

• 773564557
• 761720013

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203828243

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