Language Unlimited
The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power
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ISBN:
9780192843067
Publication date:
24/08/2022
Paperback
272 pages
230x160mm
Price: 1630.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780192843067
Publication date:
24/08/2022
Paperback
272 pages
David Adger
Unlocks some of the deep mysteries of the human capacity for language,Examples are drawn from the worlds of AI, the animal kingdom, emojis, and Harry Potter,Based on research in neuro and cognitive science, psychology, linguistics, and sociology
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
David Adger
Description
Language Unlimited explores the many mysteries about our capacity for language and reveals the source of its endless creativity.
All humans, but no other species, have the capacity to create and understand language. It provides structure to our thoughts, allowing us to plan, communicate, and create new ideas, without limit. Yet we have only finite experiences, and our languages have finite stores of words. Where does our linguistic creativity come from? How does the endless scope of language emerge from our limited selves?
Drawing on research from neuroscience, psychology, and linguistics, David Adger takes the
reader on a journey to the hidden structure behind all we say (or sign) and understand. Along the way you'll meet children who created language out of almost nothing, and find out how new languages emerge using structures found in languages spoken continents away. David Adger will show you how the more than 7000 languages in the world appear to obey the same deep scientific laws, how to invent a language that breaks these, and how our brains go crazy when we try to learn languages that just aren't possible. You'll discover why rats are better than we are at picking up certain language patterns, why apes are far worse at others, and how artificial intelligences, such as those behind Alexa and
Siri, understand language in a very un-human way.
About the author
David Adger, Professor of Linguistics, Queen Mary University of LondonDavid Adger is Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, current President of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, and inventor of the monsters' language for the ITV series Beowulf. His research has been reported on in New Scientist and The Conversation, and he has appeared on Sky News, BBC Radio 4, and Australia's DriveTime. His 25 years of teaching have taken him all over the world, including to the foothills of the Himalayas.
David Adger
Table of contents
1:Creating language
2:Beyond symbols and signals
3:A sense of structure
4:The question of Psammetichus
5:Impossible patterns
6:All in the mind
7:A law of language
8:Botlang
9:Merge
10:Grammar and culture
David Adger
Description
Language Unlimited explores the many mysteries about our capacity for language and reveals the source of its endless creativity.
All humans, but no other species, have the capacity to create and understand language. It provides structure to our thoughts, allowing us to plan, communicate, and create new ideas, without limit. Yet we have only finite experiences, and our languages have finite stores of words. Where does our linguistic creativity come from? How does the endless scope of language emerge from our limited selves?
Drawing on research from neuroscience, psychology, and linguistics, David Adger takes the
reader on a journey to the hidden structure behind all we say (or sign) and understand. Along the way you'll meet children who created language out of almost nothing, and find out how new languages emerge using structures found in languages spoken continents away. David Adger will show you how the more than 7000 languages in the world appear to obey the same deep scientific laws, how to invent a language that breaks these, and how our brains go crazy when we try to learn languages that just aren't possible. You'll discover why rats are better than we are at picking up certain language patterns, why apes are far worse at others, and how artificial intelligences, such as those behind Alexa and
Siri, understand language in a very un-human way.
About the author
David Adger, Professor of Linguistics, Queen Mary University of LondonDavid Adger is Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, current President of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, and inventor of the monsters' language for the ITV series Beowulf. His research has been reported on in New Scientist and The Conversation, and he has appeared on Sky News, BBC Radio 4, and Australia's DriveTime. His 25 years of teaching have taken him all over the world, including to the foothills of the Himalayas.
Table of contents
1:Creating language
2:Beyond symbols and signals
3:A sense of structure
4:The question of Psammetichus
5:Impossible patterns
6:All in the mind
7:A law of language
8:Botlang
9:Merge
10:Grammar and culture
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