Reflections on language evolution, Hardcover - Cedric Boeckx

Reducere. This essay reflects on the fact that as we learn more about the biological underpinnings of our language faculty, the dominant evolutionary narrati...

Turning grammar upside down, this book proposes a new model of syntax that is better suited for interdisciplinary interactions, and shows how synta...

Described by the New York Times as arguably the most important intellectual alive, Noam Chomsky is known throughout the world for his highly influe...

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Task-based language teaching is now a well-established pedagogic approach but problematic issues remain, such as whether it is appropriate for all ...

A collection of essays by one of the foremost scholars on the Black Radical Tradition

Reducere. In his early plastic age, the child presents an asymmetrical growth in what concerns his motor system, when compared with his cognitive system. The...

Reducere. DescriptionThe main point of each devotion in Devotions on the Hebrew Bible comes from a careful reading of the passage in the Hebrew Bible, not fr...

Reducere. Description One could describe the status of psychological research today as one in which qualitative methods based upon diverse philosophies have ...

This book presents a collection of articles that put forward original research and significant insight regarding several key issues related to know...

Reducere. In a series of conversational observations and meditations on the writing process, The Art of Slow Writing examines the benefits of writing slowly....

Reducere. DescriptionCreative Evolution was published in 1907, and translated into English in 1911. In it, Henri Bergson proposes a version of orthogenesis i...

Reducere. From the beloved author of the bestselling To Bless the Space Between Us and Anam Cara comes a new work that shares his insights on nature and the ...

Most of us spend our entire life searching for happiness and inner peace.When we expect others to provide us with happiness, we are left very disap...

Olivier-Thomas Venard's Thomas d'Aquin po te th ologien trilogy, an in depth analysis of the scripture of St. Thomas Aquinas, is translated for a n...

Publisher: Columbia University PressAuthor(s): John SearleNumber of pages: 128Collection: Columbia Themes in PhilosophyPublication date: 2008Dimens...

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Reducere. A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewi...

In 1953, Edmund Hillary si Tenzing Norgay au cucerit cel mai inalt pisc din lume urcand din Nepal. In schimb, versantul tibetan al Everestului rama...

Vitali si Evgheni Abalakov sunt astazi doua nume cazute in uitare. Si totusi, fratii Abalakov au fost adevarate vedete ale alpinismului sovietic, e...

The lack of direct evidence about language evolution makes it notoriously difficult to study. The Windows Approach gleans indirect evidence about i...

From amethyst to obsidian, Basic Witches author Jaya Saxena explores the multi-faceted meanings and history behind eleven popular crystals in this ...

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When Kent Nerburn received a letter from Jennifer, a young woman questioning her calling to spend her life in the arts, the writer and artist was s...

Reducere. The human mind is an unlikely evolutionary adaptation. How did humans acquire cognitive capacities far more powerful than anything a hunting-and-ga...

Recognizing the dominance of neoliberal forces in education, this volume offers a range of critical essays which analyze the language used to under...

This definitive collection of beloved Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's finest speeches covers topics as varied as the law, faith, virtue, pas...

Through personal anecdote and expert insight, Claire Thompson of BirdLife International invites us on a mindful journey through gardens, cities, op...

Time's mysteries seem to resist comprehension and what remains, once the familiar metaphors are stripped away, can stretch even the most profound p...

Reducere. A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composerStephen Hough is one of the world's leading pianists, winning g...

New perspectives on the iconic physicist's scientific and philosophical formationAt the end of World War II, Albert Einstein was invited to write h...