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What kind of creatures are we? / Noam Chomsky.
LIBRA P106 .C46 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chomsky, Noam, author.
- Series:
- Columbia themes in philosophy
- Columbia Themes in Philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 167 pages ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- A collection of lectures by the "founder of modern linguistics" discusses fifty years of scientific development in the study of language as he expounds and criticizes a variety of theories. --Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- What is language?
- 2. what can we understand?
- 3. What is the common good?
- 4. The mysteries of nature: How deeply hidden?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231175968
- 0231175965
- OCLC:
- 918616298
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