Language Unlimited
The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power
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Human language allows us to plan, communicate, and create new ideas, without limit. Yet we have only finite experiences, and our languages have finite stores of words. Drawing on research from neuroscience, psychology, and linguistics, David Adger takes us on a journey to the hidden structure behind all we say (or sign) and understand.
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I'm not convinced of the main argument, but I'm also not convinced I completely understood all the arguments so
I love the idea of Universal Grammar, and this book explains it really nicely and goes over a lot of the evidence for it well. I also really like that Adger goes over sign languages as well, and mentions signing at the same time as he mentions speaking when referring to languages.
