This is the longawaited third edition of Noam Chomskys outstanding collectionof essays on language and mind. The first six chapters originally published inthe 1... » 

This is the longawaited third edition of Noam Chomskys outstanding collectionof essays on language and mind. The first six chapters originally published inthe 1960s made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theory. In this newedition they are complemented with two additional chapters and a new prefacebringing Chomskys influential approach into the twentyfirst century. Chapters16 present Chomskys early work on the nature and acquisition of language andthe final two chapters revisit the key issues raising some novel and excitingchallenges for the study of language. «