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Author Moro, Andrea.

Title The boundaries of Babel : the brain and the enigma of impossible languages / Andrea Moro ; translated from Italian by Ivano Caponigro and Daniel B. Kane.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 257 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Current studies in linguistics ; 46
Current studies in linguistics series ; 46.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and indexes.
Contents 1. Hidden texture -- 2. Language in the brain -- 3. Form of grammar.
Summary This text is an exploration of what research at the intersection of contemporary theoretical linguistics and the cognitive neurosciences can reveal about the constraints on the apparently chaotic variation in human languages.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Biolinguistics.
Biolinguistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Confini di Babele. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015059144
Other Form: Print version: Moro, Andrea. Confini di Babele. English. Boundaries of Babel. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008 9780262134989 0262134985 (DLC) 2007039870 (OCoLC)173509395
ISBN 9780262280204 (electronic book)
0262280205 (electronic book)
9781435648784 (electronic book)
1435648781 (electronic book)
9780262515061 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0262515067 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780262134989 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0262134985 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)