<b>Patterns in the mind: Language and human nature</b> . By Ray Jackendoff. New York: Basic Books, 1994. Pp. ix, 246. $25.00.

Abstract

The Fundamental Arguments Finding our way into the problem: The Nature/Nurture Issue The Argument for Mental Grammar The Argument for Innate Knowledge * The Organization Of Mental Grammar Overview Phonological Structure Syntactic Structure American Sign Language * Evidence For The Biological Basis Of Language How Children Learn Language Language Acquisition in Unusual Circumstances I Language Acquisition in Unusual Circumstances II Language and the Brain * Mental Capacities Other Than Language The Argument for the Construction of Experience Music and Vision Language as a Window on Thought Social Organization