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๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: "๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ?" ๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ -
Dense and hardly introductory linguistics, Chomsky's essays clearly and persuasively establish the limits to human understanding and language, an epistemological box called biology.
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๐ฏ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: โ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ?โ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐๐ธ๐ -
Chomsky's argument that human language and cognition are conditioned by biology is briefly unpacked as he traces both the nature of external (E-) and internal (I- / grammar) language facility and the history of thinkers who wrestled with it. Thick but enlightening.
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๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐'๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: "๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ"? ๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐๐ธ๐
Foray into some recent linguistic theory about language and the brain, relocating the definition of language in our biology rather than our outward communication. The consequences for the shift are numerous!
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TBR Pile: July Reads -
What I'm reading in July!
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