Foundations of language : brain, meaning, grammar, evolution / Ray Jackendoff
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002
Edition
1st ed
Descript
xix, 477 p. ill. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Psychological and biological foundations: Complexity of linguistic structure ; Language as a mental phenomenon ; Combinatoriality ; Universal grammar -- Architectural foundations: Parallel architecture ; Lexical storage versus online construction ; Implications for processing ; Evolutionary perspective on the architecture -- Semantic and conceptual foundations: Semantics as a mentalistic enterprise ; Reference and truth ; Lexical semantics ; Phrasal semantics