Lingua Ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain

by Derek Bickerton and William H. Calvin

Book Overview

A neuroscientist and a linguist show how evolution could have given rise to structured language. A machine for language? Certainly, say the neurophysiologists, busy studying the language... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262032732
• ISBN13: 9780262032735
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Conversation on conversation

The so-called "reconcilation" promised by the title is not entirely delivered. Both Calvin and Bickerton seem too taken with their respective ideas. It is an interesting discussion nonetheless, and good points are made by both writers.