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Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Jackendoff (Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy, Tufts Univ.; Foundations of Language) works at the intersection of philosophy, linguistics, and cognitive science. This "user's guide" is intended as a popular account of how meaning relates to language. Meaning, Jackendoff contends, is largely unconscious. Language helps us clarify our thoughts, but it never enables...Log In or Sign Up to Read More