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What is it about the human mind that accounts for the fact that we can all speak and understand a language? Why can't other creatures do the same? And what does this tell us about the rest of a human abilities? Recent dramatic discoveries in linguistics and psychology provide intriguing answers to these age-old mysteries. In this fascinating book, Ray Jackendoff emphasizes the grammatical commonalities across languages, both spoken and signed, and discusses the implications for our understanding of language acquisition and loss.

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Ray Jackendoff, linguist and theoretical psychologist, is professor of linguistics at Brandeis University. He is the author of several books, including Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar, Semantics and Cognition, Consciousness and the Computational Mind, and Semantic Structures.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books; 60109th edition (January 4, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 257 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0465054625
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0465054626
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Ray Jackendoff is Seth Merrin Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He previously taught at Brandeis University. He is Past President of both the Linguistic Society of America and the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, and he was awarded the Jean Nicod Prize in cognitive philosophy in 2003. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Ray Jackendoff's research spans many aspects of linguistics and cognitive science, including syntax, semantics, music cognition, spatial cognition, social cognition, and consciousness. He also performs as a classical clarinetist, and has recorded two CDs of music for clarinet and piano.

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