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The Secrets of Words by Andrea Moro and Noam Chomsky (2022, Hardcover)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller notes
- “VG+, With some highlighted pages.”
- ISBN
- 9780262046718
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262046717
ISBN-13
9780262046718
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12050020013
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
136 Pages
Publication Name
Secrets of Words
Language
English
Subject
Language, History, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2022
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
4.7 Oz
Item Length
6.3 in
Item Width
4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-045982
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
410
Table Of Content
The Secrets of Words -- 1 What Remains of the Future: Marginal Notes to a Conversation, by Andrea Moro -- 79 Notes 121
Synopsis
Two distinguished linguists on language, the history of science, misplaced euphoria, surprising facts, and potentially permanent mysteries. In The Secrets of Words , influential linguist Noam Chomsky and his longtime colleague Andrea Moro have a wide-ranging conversation, touching on such topics as language and linguistics, the history of science, and the relation between language and the brain. Moro draws Chomsky out on today's misplaced euphoria about artificial intelligence (Chomsky sees "lots of hype and propaganda" coming from Silicon Valley), the study of the brain (Chomsky points out that findings from brain studies in the 1950s never made it into that era's psychology), and language acquisition by children. Chomsky in turn invites Moro to describe his own experiments, which proved that there exist impossible languages for the brain, languages that show surprising properties and reveal unexpected secrets of the human mind. Chomsky once said, "It is important to learn to be surprised by simple facts"-"an expression of yours that has represented a fundamental turning point in my own personal life," says Moro-and this is something of a theme in their conversation. Another theme is that not everything can be known; there may be permanent mysteries, about language and other matters. Not all words will give up their secrets., Two distinguished linguists on language, the history of science, misplaced euphoria, surprising facts, and potentially permanent mysteries. In The Secrets of Words , influential linguist Noam Chomsky and his longtime colleague Andrea Moro have a wide-ranging conversation, touching on such topics as language and linguistics, the history of science, and the relation between language and the brain. Moro draws Chomsky out on today's misplaced euphoria about artificial intelligence (Chomsky sees "lots of hype and propaganda" coming from Silicon Valley), the study of the brain (Chomsky points out that findings from brain studies in the 1950s never made it into that era's psychology), and language acquisition by children. Chomsky in turn invites Moro to describe his own experiments, which proved that there exist impossible languages for the brain, languages that show surprising properties and reveal unexpected secrets of the human mind. Chomsky once said, "It is important to learn to be surprised by simple facts"--"an expression of yours that has represented a fundamental turning point in my own personal life," says Moro--and this is something of a theme in their conversation. Another theme is that not everything can be known; there may be permanent mysteries, about language and other matters. Not all words will give up their secrets.
LC Classification Number
P85.C47A5 2022
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