Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences

Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences 
by Patrick Colm Hogan
Hardcover: 1048 pages
Published: 2010
ISBN-10: 0521866898
ISBN-13: 978-0521866897

Have you lost track of developments in generative linguistics, finding yourself unsure about the distinctive features of Minimalism? Would you like to know more about recent advances in the genetics of language, or about right hemisphere linguistic operation? Has your interest in narrative drawn you to question the relation between stories and grammars? The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences addresses these issues, along with hundreds of others. It includes basic entries for those unfamiliar with a given topic and more specific entries for those seeking more specialized knowledge. It incorporates both well-established findings and cutting-edge research and classical approaches and new theoretical innovations. The volume is aimed at readers who have an interest in some aspect of language science but wish to learn more about the broad range of ideas, findings, practices, and prospects that constitute this rapidly expanding field, a field arguably at the center of current research on the human mind and human society.

Contents

List of Entries xi
A Note on Cross-References and the Alphabetization of the Entries xv
Preface: On the Very Idea of Language Sciences xvii
Acknowledgments xxiii
Part I. Introductory Essays
1 Language Structure in Its Human Context: New Directions for the Language Sciences in the Twenty-First Century 1
2 The Psychology of Linguistic Form 12
3 The Structure of Meaning 23
4 Social Practices of Speech and Writing 35
5 Explaining Language: Neuroscience, Genetics, and Evolution 46
6 Acquisition of Language 56
7 Elaborating Speech and Writing: Verbal Art 65
Part II. Entries
A 77
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X 939
List of Contributors 941
Index 953