Acknowledgments viii
Prologue xi
Part I Ever Since Chomsky 1
1 Mind Matters: Chomsky's Dangerous Idea 3
2 The Mechanization of the Mind Picture 14
3 How the Mind Grows: From Meno to Noam 41
Part II Unweaving the Sentence 55
4 Mental Chemistry 57
5 The Variety of Linguistic Experience: The Towers of Babel and Pisa 82
6 All Roads Lead to Universal Grammar 95
Part III The Mental Foundations of Behavior 109
7 Making Sense of Meaning: An Instruction Manual 111
8 Wonderful Mental Life: Unthinkable without Language 120
9 Grammar Caught in the Act 133
Part IV Missing Links 147
10 The (Mis)Measure of Mind 149
11 Homo Combinans 163
12 Computational Organology 173
Epilogue 183
Notes 189
Guide to Further Study 211
References 219
Index 242

This textbook explores the ways in which language informs thestructure and function of the human mind, offering a point ofentry into the fascinating territory of cognitive science. Focusingmainly on syntactic issues, Language in Cognition is aunique contribution to this burgeoning field of study.
* Guides undergraduate students through the core questions oflinguistics and cognitive science, and provides tools that willhelp them think about the field in a structured way
* Uses the study of language and how language informs thestructure and function of the human mind to introduce the majorideas in modern cognitive science, including its history andcontroversies
* Explores questions such as: what does it mean to say thatlinguistics is part of the cognitive sciences; how do the coreproperties of language compare with the core properties of otherhuman cognitive abilities such as vision, music, mathematics, andother mental building blocks; and what is the relationship betweenlanguage and thought?
* Includes an indispensable study guide as well as extensivereferences to encourage further independent study