Articulate Mammal
Articulate Mammal This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by the author. In lucid prose Jean Aitchison introduces and demystifies a complex and controversial subject: What is language…
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Articulate Mammal
This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by the author. In lucid prose Jean Aitchison introduces and demystifies a complex and controversial subject: What is language and is it restricted to humans? 'An excellent and very welcome guide to psycholinguistics...highly recommended.'The Washington PostA classic in its field for almost forty years, The Articulate Mammal is a brilliant introduction to psycholinguistics.
Is language innate or learned? How do children acquire language so quickly? She explains the pioneering work of Noam Chomsky; how children become acclimatized to speech rhythms before birth; the acquisition of verbs; construction and cognitive grammar; and aphasia and dementia.
She also considers new topics such as language and evolution and the possibility of a 'language gene', bringing the field right up to date.