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1、THEEMERGENCEOFMEANINGOverthepastfortyyears,scientistshavedevelopedmodelsofhumanreasoningbasedontheprinciplethathumanlanguagesandclassicallogicinvolvefundamentallydifferentconceptsanddifferentmethodsofinterpretation.InTheEmergenceofMeaningStephenCrainchallengest

2、hisview,arguingthatacommonlogicalnativismunderpinshumanlanguageandlogicalreasoning.TheapproachwhichCraintakesistwofold.First,heuncoverstheunderlyingmeaningsoflogicalexpressionsandlogicalprinciplesthatappearintypologicallydifferentlanguages–EnglishandMandarinChi

3、nese–andhedemonstratesthatthesemeaningsandprinciplesdirectlycorrespondtotheexpressionsandstructuresofclassicallogic.Second,hereportstheindingsofnewexperimentalstudieswhichinvestigatehowchildrenacquirethelogicalconceptsoftheselanguages.Astep-by-stepintroductiont

4、ologicandacomprehensivereviewoftheliteratureonchildlanguageacquisitionmakethisworkaccessibletothoseunfamiliarwitheitherield.stephencrainisaDistinguishedProfessoratMacquarieUniversityandafellowoftheAcademyofSocialSciencesinAustralia.HeisalsoDirectoroftheAustrali

5、anResearchCouncilCentreofExcellenceinCognitionanditsDisorders.DownloadedfromCambridgeBooksOnlinebyIP129.78.139.28onMonAug2614:43:39WEST2013.http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9780511842863CambridgeBooksOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2013Inthisseries1

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