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100 1 $aYang, Charles D.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002105827
245 14 $aThe infinite gift :$bhow children learn and unlearn the languages of the world /$cCharles Yang.
260 $aNew York :$bScribner,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $avii, 273 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-257) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tThe greatest intellectual feat -- $gCh. 2.$tMission improbable -- $gCh. 3.$tSilent rehearsals -- $gCh. 4.$tWuckoo -- $gCh. 5.$tWorld factory -- $gCh. 6.$tColorless green ideas -- $gCh. 7.$tTwenty questions -- $gCh. 8.$tThe superiority of the German language -- $tEpilogue : the infinite gift.
520 1 $a"Drawing on cutting-edge developments in biology, neurology, psychology, and linguistics, Charles Yang's The Infinite Gift takes us inside the astonishingly complex but largely subconscious process by which children learn to talk and to understand the spoken word." "Yang illuminates the rich mysteries of language: why French newborns already prefer the sound of French to English; why baby-talk, though often unintelligible, makes perfect linguistic sense; why babies born deaf still babble - but with their hands; why the grammars of some languages may be evolutionarily stronger than others; and why one of the brain's earliest achievements may in fact be its most complex." "Yang also puts forth a new theory. Building on Noam Chomsky's notion of a universal grammar - the idea that every human being is born with an intuitive grasp of grammar - Yang argues that we learn our native languages in part by unlearning the grammars of all the rest."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aLanguage acquisition.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074511
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0646/2006044307-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0646/2006044307-s.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0646/2006044307-t.html
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