new books psycholinguistics neurolinguistics ascent babel exploration language mind understanding gerry altmann university york altmann written cross textbook beginning psycholinguistic students popular science book laypersons altmann explains lay terms psycholinguistics findings affect know human experience booklist language one faculties sets humans apart animals crucial thing makes complex social interactions possible faculty demands fantastically intricate mental physical coordination yet babies possess remarkable ability learn complexities early age ascent babel explores ways mind produces understands language ways sounds language evoke meaning ways desire communicate causes us produce sounds begin ascent symbolises different things progression sound meaning ascent undergo birth onwards learn mother tongue quest understand mental processes underlie use language gerry altmann leads reader ascent comprises fascinating tour babies learn language discriminate different sounds comprehension sounds structures language pitfalls along way production spoken written language effects brain damage language finally ways computer simulations interconnecting nerve cells learn language journey discovery written engaging witty style end becomes clear babel summit secret language may actually lie foundations babies play language learned december 1997 272 pp 46 linecuts 019 852378 5 27 50 oxford university press cognitive foundations grammar bernd heine university cologne germany main function language convey meaning therefore argues bernd heine pages question language structured way must first answered reference function linguistic explanations offered terms exponents language structure example syntax likely highlight peripheral epiphenomenal rather central characteristics language structure heine provides solid introductory treatment ways language structure grammar language usage explained reference processes underlying human conceptualization communication exploring area linguistics developed recently rapidly expanding cognitive foundations grammar appeal students linguistics psychology anthropology especially interested grammaticalization processess november 1997 200 pp 11 linecuts 019 510252 5 paper 19 95 019 510251 7 cloth 45 00 oxford university press narrative comprehension discourse perspective catherine emmott university glasgow far relatively little research cognitive linguists comprehension narrative texts book draws insights discourse analysis artificial intelligence explore readers construct maintain mental representations fictional characters contexts goes consider implications cognitive modelling grammatical theory literarylinguistic model narrative texttypes june 1997 336 pp 5 textfigures 019 823649 2 80 00 oxford university press inheritance innateness grammars edited myrna gopnik mcgill university canada vancouver studies cognitive science 6 language somehow innate structure human brain completely learned debate still heart linguistics especially intersects psychology cognitive science collecting papers discuss evidence arguments regarding difficult question inheritance innateness grammars considers cases ranging infants beginning learn properties native language languageimpaired adults never learn one studies show precursors language exist creatures abilities necessary constructing fullfledged grammars part biological endowment human beings essays comprise volume test range specificity endowment also contributing understanding intricate complex relationship language biology june 1997 240 pp 44 linecuts 019 511534 1 paper 29 95 019 511533 3 cloth 60 00 oxford university press information linguistics titles oxford university press email linguistics oupusa org visit oxford university press usa web site http www oupusa org oxford university press usa