Linguistics Book
Foundations of Language
Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution
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Foundations of Language puts linguistics back at the centre of the search to understand human consciousness. Ray Jackendoff begins by surveying the developments in linguistics over the years since Noam Chomsky’s Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. He goes on to propose a radical re-conception of how the brain processes language. This opens up vivid new perspectives on every major aspect of language and communication, including grammar, vocabulary, learning, the origins of human
language, and how language relates to the real world. Foundations of Language makes important connections with other disciplines which have been isolated from linguistics for many years. It sets a new agenda for close cooperation between the study of language, mind, the brain, behaviour, and evolution.
Review
“A sweeping survey of every major aspect of language and communication … He counters the belief that language stems from syntactic structure alone.”
“Few books really deserve the cliche ‘this should be read by every researcher in the field,’ but Ray Jackendoff’s Foundations of Language does. I think it is the most important book in the sciences of language to have appeared in many years. Jackendoff has long had a genius for seeing both he forest and the trees, and he puts his gift to good use here in a dazzling combination of theory-building and factual integration. The result is a compelling new view of language and its place in the natural world.”
“A masterpiece…. The book as a whole deserves a wide readership.”
“Jackendoff is certainly right in thinking that the question of why language has come to be as it is is one that linguists cannot permanently ignore… His breadth of knowledge and soundness of judgment, along with just the right amount of adventurousness, make for a book that deserves to be read and reread by anyone seriously interested in the state of the art of research on language.”
“Jackendoff drastically overhauls linguistic theory…providing for a natural (re-)integration with psycholinguistics and the other sister sciences. Foundations of Language is a monumental scholarly achievement, which should be obligatory reading for any psycholinguist.”
“Ray Jackendoff’s Foundations of Language is a masterpiece. If Ray didn’t have decades of research time ahead of him, I would call it the culmination of his life’s work. The book deserves to be the reference point for all future theorizing about the language faculty and its interconnections.”
“Ray Jackendoff, one of the most influential researchers in cognitive science today, offers a clear and engaging analysis of many of the raging controversies in the language sciences. The book offers a point of entry into these issues for neuroscientists, psycholinguists, and philosophers of language as well as linguists from various generative and cognative backgrounds. You may not agree with everything he says, but you are bound to appreciate the clarity, precision, depth of analysis, breadth of knowledge and impressive range of data he brings to the debate.”
