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Tables of Contents for Patterns in the Mind
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
PART I The fundamental arguments
Finding our way into the problem: The nature/nurture issue
3
5
The argument for mental grammar
8
13
The argument for innate knowledge
21
18
PART II The organization of mental grammar
Overview
39
14
Phonological structure
53
13
Syntactic structure
66
17
American sign language
83
18
PART III Evidence for the biological basis of language
How children learn language
101
11
Language acquisition in unusual circumstances I
112
14
Language acquisition in unusual circumstances II
126
15
Language and the brain
141
18
PART IV Mental capacities other than language
The argument for the construction of experience
159
6
Music and vision
165
19
Language as a window on thought
184
20
Social organization
204
19
Further reading
223
18
Index
241