Ebook: Language in Cognition: Uncovering Mental Structures and the Rules Behind Them

This textbook explores the ways in which language informs the structure and function of the human mind, offering a point of entry into the fascinating territory of cognitive science. Focusing mainly on syntactic issues, Language in Cognition is a unique contribution to this burgeoning field of study.

• Guides undergraduate students through the core questions of linguistics and cognitive science, and provides tools that will help them think about the field in a structured way
• Uses the study of language and how language informs the structure and function of the human mind to introduce the major ideas in modern cognitive science, including its history and controversies
• Explores questions such as: what does it mean to say that linguistics is part of the cognitive sciences; how do the core properties of language compare with the core properties of other human cognitive abilities such as vision, music, mathematics, and other mental building blocks; and what is the relationship between language and thought?
• Includes an indispensable study guide as well as extensive references to encourage further independent study

Content:
Chapter 1 Mind Matters: Chomsky's Dangerous Idea (pages 1–13):
Chapter 2 The Mechanization of the Mind Picture (pages 14–40):
Chapter 3 How the Mind Grows: From Meno to Noam (pages 41–54):
Chapter 4 Mental Chemistry (pages 55–81):
Chapter 5 The Variety of Linguistic Experience: The Towers of Babel and Pisa (pages 82–94):
Chapter 6 All Roads Lead to Universal Grammar (pages 95–108):
Chapter 7 Making Sense of Meaning: An Instruction Manual (pages 109–119):
Chapter 8 Wonderful Mental Life: Unthinkable without Language (pages 120–132):
Chapter 9 Grammar Caught in the Act (pages 133–146):
Chapter 10 The (Mis)Measure of Mind (pages 147–162):
Chapter 11 Homo Combinans (pages 163–172):
Chapter 12 Computational Organology (pages 173–182):