Creating Language
Christiansen, Morten H. (Professor, Cornell University) / Chater, Nick (Professor of Behavioural Science, The University of Warwick)
Language is a hallmark of the human species, the flexibility and unbounded expressivity of our linguistic abilities is unique in the biological world. In this book, Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater argue that to understand this astonishing phenomenon, we must consider how language is created: moment by moment, in the generation and understanding of individual utterances, year by year, as new language learners acquire language skills, and ge...