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20704027 PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 1 in COMMUNICATION STUDIES L-20 N0 FERRETTI FRANCESCO
(syllabus)
The lectures treat with the theme of the biological and evolutionary foundations of language. Starting from the study of the relationsheep between language and brain, two theoretical models will be compared: the theories according to which language cannot be explained in terms of natural selection and the models that explain the faculty of language as a biological adaptation.
(reference books)
CHOMSKY N., 1998, LINGUAGGIO E PROBLEMI DELLA CONOSCENZA, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA. FERRETTI F., 2010, ALLE ORIGINI DEL LINGUAGGIO UMANO. IL PUNTO DI VISTA EVOLUZIONISTICO, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI. PINKER S., BLOOM P., 2010, LINGUAGGIO NATURALE E SELEZIONE DARWINIANA, ARMANDO, ROMA.
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