(Paperback)

Presents a comprehensive introduction to the relationship between the mind, consciousness and language. This book examines the key concepts from both philosophy and linguistics, including the mind/body problem, reformulates Descartes' "I think therefore I am", and analyses Skinner's behaviourist position and Chomsky's transformational grammar.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

The popular notion of how children come to speak their first language is that their parents teach them words, then phrases, then sentences, then longer utterances. But there is widespread agreement amongst linguists that this account is wrong. This book aims to give readers the background necessary to form their own views on the debate.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

The popular notion of how children come to speak their first language is that their parents teach them words, then phrases, then sentences, then longer utterances. But there is widespread agreement amongst linguists that this account is wrong. This book aims to give readers the background necessary to form their own views on the debate.