The Mind of a Savant: Language, Learning and Modularity by Smith, Neil

The Mind of a Savant: Language, Learning and Modularity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780631190172)

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The Mind of a Savant: Language, Learning and Modularity by Smith, Neil

The Mind of a Savant: Language, Learning and Modularity

$59.95
The Mind of a Savant: Language, Learning and Modularity by Smith, Neil

The Mind of a Savant: Language, Learning and Modularity

$59.95
Format: Paperback
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Savants are people who are mentally and often physically impaired but who have one dazzling talent. Cases of savants, like Christopher who is described here, are not unheard of, but have never been reported before. Despite being unable to look after himself because he has difficulty with everyday tasks, Christopher can read, write, translate and communicate in fifteen to twenty different languages.

In this original, detailed and wide-ranging study, Neil Smith and Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli not only provide insight into the mind of one unique individual, but simultaneously cast light on the nature of language and thought in general. By exploiting recent developments in both linguistics and psychology the authors have made an essential contribution to the whole field of cognitive science.

Author: Neil Smith, Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli
ISBN-10: 0631190171
ISBN-13: 9780631190172
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 02/17/1995
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.00w x 0.80d
By Neil Smith
By Neil Smith
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Neil Smith and Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli teach linguistics at University College, London, and the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, repectively. Neil Smith is author of The Twitter Machine: Reflections on Language, also published by Blackwell Publishers.

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