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The Boundaries of Babel: The Brain and the Enigma of Impossible Languages

by Andrea Moro

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This text is an exploration of what research at the intersection of contemporary theoretical linguistics and the cognitive neurosciences can reveal about the constraints on the apparently chaotic variation in human languages.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 401 — Language Language Philosophy and theory; international languages
LCC: P132 .M6713 — Language and Literature Philology. Linguistics Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar Science of language (Linguistics)
BISAC: LAN LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics General
PHI PHILOSOPHY Mind & Body

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Published: 2006
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 401
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