The Prism of Grammar: How Child Language Illuminates Humanism

by Tom Roeper

Book Overview

Exploring the creativity of mind through children's language: how the tiniest utterances can illustrate the simple but abstract principles behind modern grammar--and reveal the innate structures of the mind.

Every sentence we hear is instantly analyzed by an inner grammar; just as a prism refracts a beam of light, grammar divides a stream of sound, linking diverse strings of information to different domains of mind--memory, vision, emotions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512580
• ISBN13: 9780262512589
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher