Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power
A linguist’s intro to one of society’s most compelling question: where does human language come from? An is there such a thing as universal grammar?
Adger’s text deftly weaves his readers through Lewis Carrol’s poem Jabberwocky to express the nuances of language in the comedy show Absolutely Fabulous and lots in between to explain this method we use to communicate our minds. He draws on an array of studies of human and primate subjects, throwing in the odd curveball – like the mesmeric image of a romanesco cauliflower – to gently lead me to a view (or persuade me of his take) on the nature versus nurture dichotomy.