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On Linearization
Toward a Restrictive Theory
ISBN: 9780262544955
The first attempt at a restrictive theory of the linear order of sentences and phrases of the world's languages, by one of the founders of cartographic syntax.
What It All Means
Semantics for (Almost) Everything
ISBN: 9780262047432
How meaning works—from monkey calls to human language, from spoken language to sign language, from gestures to music—and how meaning is connected to truth.
Semantics as Science
ISBN: 9780262539951
An introductory linguistics textbook that takes a novel approach: studying linguistic semantics as an exercise in scientific theory construction.
Statistical Methods for Speech Recognition
Statistical Methods for Speech Recognition
ISBN: 9780262546607
This book reflects decades of important research on the mathematical foundations of speech recognition. It focuses on underlying statistical techniques such as hidden Markov models, decision trees,...
Neurolinguistics
ISBN: 9780262543262
An accessible introduction to the study of language in the brain, covering language processing, language acquisition, literacy, and language disorders.
The Secrets of Words
ISBN: 9780262046718
Two distinguished linguists on language, the history of science, misplaced euphoria, surprising facts, and potentially permanent mysteries.
Imaginary Languages
Myths, Utopias, Fantasies, Illusions, and Linguistic Fictions
ISBN: 9780262046398
An exploration of the practice of inventing languages, from speaking in tongues to utopian schemes of universality to the discoveries of modern linguistics.
Language vs. Reality
Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists
ISBN: 9780262046619
A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind's greatest invention.
The Secret Life of Literature
ISBN: 9780262046336
An innovative account that brings together cognitive science, ethnography, and literary history to examine patterns of “mindreading” in a wide range of literary works.
On Linearization
Toward a Restrictive Theory
ISBN: 9780262544955
The first attempt at a restrictive theory of the linear order of sentences and phrases of the world's languages, by one of the founders of cartographic syntax.
What It All Means
Semantics for (Almost) Everything
ISBN: 9780262047432
How meaning works—from monkey calls to human language, from spoken language to sign language, from gestures to music—and how meaning is connected to truth.
Semantics as Science
ISBN: 9780262539951
An introductory linguistics textbook that takes a novel approach: studying linguistic semantics as an exercise in scientific theory construction.
Statistical Methods for Speech Recognition
Statistical Methods for Speech Recognition
ISBN: 9780262546607
This book reflects decades of important research on the mathematical foundations of speech recognition. It focuses on underlying statistical techniques such as hidden Markov models, decision trees,...
Neurolinguistics
ISBN: 9780262543262
An accessible introduction to the study of language in the brain, covering language processing, language acquisition, literacy, and language disorders.
The Secrets of Words
ISBN: 9780262046718
Two distinguished linguists on language, the history of science, misplaced euphoria, surprising facts, and potentially permanent mysteries.
Imaginary Languages
Myths, Utopias, Fantasies, Illusions, and Linguistic Fictions
ISBN: 9780262046398
An exploration of the practice of inventing languages, from speaking in tongues to utopian schemes of universality to the discoveries of modern linguistics.
Language vs. Reality
Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists
ISBN: 9780262046619
A fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind's greatest invention.
The Secret Life of Literature
ISBN: 9780262046336
An innovative account that brings together cognitive science, ethnography, and literary history to examine patterns of “mindreading” in a wide range of literary works.