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Impossible Languages Andrea Moro.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Moro, Andrea, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics).
Biolinguistics.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (157 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Manufacture:
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2016]
Summary:
An investigation into the possibility of impossible languages, searching for the indelible ""fingerprint"" of human language.
Contents:
Learning from the impossible
Capturing the stem mindâ
Sentences as snowflakes
The unreasonable sieve
The boundaries of Babel
Intermezzo or what exists when a tree exists?
Toward the source of order
The sound of thought
The inverse thunderstorm
Better than possible: designed languages
A closer look at the turtle eyes.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-262-33561-1
0-262-33562-X
OCLC:
957683115

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