Language, mind and brain : some psychological and neurological constraints on theories of grammar

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004. — 258 pages. — ISBN 0 7486 1474 5 (hardback) ISBN 0 7486 1472 3 (paperback) Language, Mind and Brain explores how properties of the human mind/brain constrain linguistic structure and how linguistics can benefit by combining traditional linguistic methodologies with insights from research on language acquisition, processing, and impairment. The first part of the book offers a useful introduction to the relevant issues for readers with little prior knowledge of these disciplines; part two addresses such key issues as the status of rules, the relationship between grammar and the lexicon, and the relationship between innate structure and acquired knowledge. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004. — 258 pages. — ISBN 0 7486 1474 5 (hardback) ISBN 0 7486 1472 3 (paperback)__Language, Mind and Brain__ explores how properties of the human mind/brain constrain linguistic structure and how linguistics can benefit by combining traditional linguistic methodologies with insights from research on language acquisition, processing, and impairment. The first part of the book offers a useful introduction to the relevant issues for readers with little prior knowledge of these disciplines; part two addresses such key issues as the status of rules, the relationship between grammar and the lexicon, and the relationship between innate structure and acquired knowledge. Most Linguists Know Little About The Psychology Of Language And Even Less About Its Neural Substrate. This Book Explores These Constraints And Shows How Linguistics Could Benefit By Incorporating Insights From Research On Language Acquisition, Language Processing And Neurolinguistics. Part 1: The Basic Specifications. Language Acquisition: Robustness -- Language In The Brain -- Language And Other Cognitive Processes -- Biological Underpinnings. -- Part 2: The Building Blocks Of Language. Words -- On Rules And Regularity -- Syntactic Constructions -- The Cognitive Enterprise. Ewa Dąbrowska. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [230]-258) And Index. This book explores the psychology of language and its neural substrate and shows how linguistics could benefit by incorporating insights from research on language acquisition, language processing, neurolinguistics and other disciplines concerned with human linguistic abilities.