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Author | : Mark C Baker |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2008-08-05 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0786724560 |
Whether all human languages are fundamentally the same or different has been a subject of debate for ages. This problem has deep philosophical implications: If languages are all the same, it implies a fundamental commonality-and thus the mutual intelligibility-of human thought. We are now on the verge of answering this question. Using a twenty-year-old theory proposed by the world's greatest living linguist, Noam Chomsky, researchers have found that the similarities among languages are more profound than the differences. Languages whose grammars seem completely incompatible may in fact be structurally almost identical, except for a difference in one simple rule. The discovery of these rules and how they may vary promises to yield a linguistic equivalent of the Periodic Table of the Elements: a single framework by which we can understand the fundamental structure of all human language. This is a landmark breakthrough, both within linguistics, which will thereby become a full-fledged science for the first time, and in our understanding of the human mind.
Author | : Steven Pinker |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2015-07-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0465049710 |
"If you are not already a Steven Pinker addict, this book will make you one." -- Jared Diamond In Words and Rules, Steven Pinker explores profound mysteries of language by picking a deceptively simple phenomenon -- regular and irregular verbs -- and examining it from every angle. With humor and verve, he covers an astonishing array of topics in the sciences and humanities, from the history of languages to how to simulate languages on computers to major ideas in the history of Western philosophy. Through it all, Pinker presents a single, powerful idea: that language comprises a mental dictionary of memorized words and a mental grammar of creative rules. The idea extends beyond language and offers insight into the very nature of the human mind. This is a sparkling, eye-opening, and utterly original book by one of the world's leading cognitive scientists.
Author | : Morten H. Christiansen |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2022-02-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1541674979 |
Forget the language instinct—this is the story of how we make up language as we go Language is perhaps humanity’s most astonishing capacity—and one that remains poorly understood. In The Language Game, cognitive scientists Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater show us where generations of scientists seeking the rules of language got it wrong. Language isn’t about hardwired grammars but about near-total freedom, something like a game of charades, with the only requirement being a desire to understand and be understood. From this new vantage point, Christiansen and Chater find compelling solutions to major mysteries like the origins of languages and how language learning is possible, and to long-running debates such as whether having two words for “blue” changes what we see. In the end, they show that the only real constraint on communication is our imagination.
Author | : Margalit Fox |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2008-08-05 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0743247132 |
Documents life in a remote Bedouin village in Israel whose residents communicate through a unique method of sign language used by both hearing and non-hearing citizens, in an account that offers insight into the relationship between language and the human mind. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Author | : William Weltner |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1989-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780486661407 |
This comprehensive graduate-level text by a leading researcher in atomic and molecular spectroscopy explores the electron-spin-resonance theory of randomly oriented molecules. "I recommend it highly." ? American Scientist. 119 illustrations.
Author | : Theodore Gray |
Publisher | : Black Dog & Leventhal |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2020-10-20 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0762470798 |
A fun, fascinating, and amazingly photographic exploration of the periodic table, for curious kids who want to understand how atoms and elements make up everything in the universe. In this very special kids' edition of Theodore Gray's The Elements, budding scientists, ages 6 to 9, will learn all about every element in the periodic table from the first element, Hydrogen (1), to the very last element, Oganesson (118). Filled with great big colorful photographs and fun facts for every element, The Kid's Book of The Elements is the perfect introduction to the fascinating world of chemistry and visual/tactile-based STEM/STEAM learning. This edition also includes 120 sturdy tear-out cards of each element for kids to play with and arrange on their own.
Author | : Hans Christian Von Baeyer |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780486414478 |
Fascinating, accessible study recounts the process of discovery, from atomism of the Greeks to quantum revolutions of the 1920s and the theories and conjectures of today. Topics include components of the atom, quantum mechanics, atomic landscape, atoms in isolation, more. "Lucid and entertaining." — The New York Times Book Review.
Author | : Matt Tweed |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2003-04-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0802714080 |
A short, illustrated introduction to the tiny building blocks of our universeincluding atoms, quarks, and the periodic table. Illustrations. 10,000print.
Author | : Mitchel Weissbluth |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 2012-12-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 032314294X |
Atoms and Molecules describes the basic properties of atoms and molecules in terms of group theoretical methods in atomic and molecular physics. The book reviews mathematical concepts related to angular momentum properties, finite and continuous rotation groups, tensor operators, the Wigner-Eckart theorem, vector fields, and vector spherical harmonics. The text also explains quantum mechanics, including symmetry considerations, second quantization, density matrices, time-dependent, and time-independent approximation methods. The book explains atomic structure, particularly the Dirac equation in which its nonrelativistic approximation provides the basis for the derivation of the Hamiltonians for all important interactions, such as spin-orbit, external fields, hyperfine. Along with multielectron atoms, the text discusses multiplet theory, the Hartree-Fock formulation, as well as the electromagnetic radiation fields, their interactions with atoms in first and higher orders. The book explores molecules and complexes, including the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, molecular orbitals, the self-consistent field method, electronic states, vibrational and rotational states, molecular spectra, and the ligand field theory. The book can prove useful for graduate or advanced students and academicians in the field of general and applied physics.
Author | : Lawrence M. Krauss |
Publisher | : Hachette+ORM |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2001-04-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0759523215 |
The story of matter and the history of the cosmos from the perspective of a single oxygen atom, told with the insight and wit of one of the most dynamic physicists and writers working today. Through this astonishing work, he manages to stoke wonder at the powers and unlikely events that conspired to create our solar system, our ecosystem, and us.