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Written by Andrea Moro and translated from Italian, the book links linguistic structure to cognitive mechanisms, developing arguments across major chapters on hidden linguistic structure, language processing in the brain, and the formal nature of grammar. Supporting references and indexes consolidate the research.","The Boundaries of Babel  \nCurrent Studies in Linguistics Samuel Jay Keyser, general editor  \nA complete list of books published in the Current Studies in Linguistics series appears at the back of this book.  \nThe Boundaries of Babel  \nThe Brain and the Enigma of Impossible Languages  \nAndrea Moro  \nTranslated from Italian by Ivano Caponigro and Daniel B. Kane  \nThe MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England  \n6 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher.  \nMIT Press books may be purchased at special quantity discounts for business or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail special_sales@mitpress.mit.edu or write to Special Sales Department, The MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 .  \nThis book was set in Times New Roman and Syntax on 3B2 by Asco Typesetters, Hong Kong and was printed and bound in the United States of America.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nMoro, Andrea.  \n[Confini di Babele. English]  \nThe boundaries of Babel : the brain and the enigma of impossible languages / Andrea Moro ; translated from Italian by Ivano Caponigro and Daniel B. Kane.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Current studies in linguistics) Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-262-13498-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1 . Biolinguistics. I. Title. 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