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Review by: Michael Tyler Macarthur Auditory Research Centre, The University of Western Sydney, Bankstown.
I studied linguistics at a university where Chomsky's work was not emphasised, but through my interest in language acquisition, I have become familiar with the notions of a Language Acquisition Device, Principles and Parameters, and Deep and Surface Structure. However, there are gaps in my knowledge regarding Chomsky's ideas, especially the more recent ones. From the attractive soft cover of this book, and the enticing title � "New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind" � I thought it could serve to fill those gaps. The book consists of a collection of Chomsky's essays from 1992 to 2000 which collectively expound his "internalist" view of the human language faculty � the idea that language is an internal property of the individual. The first essay, "New horizons in the study of language", gave some historical context before describing the Minimalist program of the 1990s. This chapter served to fill some gaps in my knowledge, but it did not go into sufficient detail to provide the necessary background to appreciate the remaining essays, in which Chomsky applied his work in
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