Download or read book Cartesian Linguistics written by Noam Chomsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the development of linguistic theory from Descartes to Wilhelm von Humboldt, Chomsky's book is one of the most original and profound studies of language and mind ever written. This third edition includes a new and specially written introduction by James McGilvray, contextualising the work for the twenty-first century.