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This work is concerned with the interconnected areas of linguistic pragmatics, cultural studies, and the philosophy of language that reveal the ways in which theories of communication have eliminated the role of the speaking human subject, highlighting the interconnections between speech and narrative which affect our understanding of words.

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This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's key insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfully subtle account of the psychology of narrative as a 'species of natural theory'. Nair's work is not yet very well known in the United States but I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure. --Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre. --Michael J. Toolan, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Birmingham and author of Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's key insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfully subtle account of the psychology of narrative as a 'species of natural theory'. Nair's work is not yet very well known in the United States but I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure. --Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre. --Michael J. Toolan, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Birmingham and author of Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's key insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfully subtle account of the psychology of narrative as a 'species of natural theory'. Nair's work is not yet very well known in the United States but I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure. --Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre. --Michael J. Toolan, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Birmingham and author of Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's key insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfullysubtle account of the psychology of narrative as a 'species of natural theory'. Nair's work is not yet very well known in the United States but I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure. --Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre. --Michael J. Toolan, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Birmingham and author of Narrative: A Critical LinguisticIntroduction

This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's key insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfully subtle account of the psychology of narrative as a 'species of natural theory'. Nair's work is not yet very well known in the United States but I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure. --Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre. --Michael J. Toolan, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Birmingham and author of Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's key insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfully subtle account of the psychology of narrative as a 'species of natural theory'. Nair's work is not yet very well known in the United States but I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure. --Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre. --Michael J. Toolan, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Birmingham and author of Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's key insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfully subtle account of the psychology of narrative as a 'species of natural theory'. Nair's work is not yet very well known in the United States but I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure. --Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre. --Michael J. Toolan, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Birmingham and author of Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's key insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfully subtle account of the psychology of narrative as a 'species of natural theory'. Nair's work is not yet very well known in the United States but I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure. --Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre. --Michael J. Toolan, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Birmingham and author of Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction

This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's key insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfully subtle account of the psychology of narrative as a 'species of natural theory'. Nair's work is not yet very well known in the United States but I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure. --Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University<br> Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre. --Michael J. Toolan, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Birmingham and author of Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction<br>

This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's key insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfully subtle account of the psychology of narrative as a 'species of natural theory'. Nair's work is not yet very well known in the United States but I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure. --Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre. --Michael J. Toolan, Professor of English Linguistics, University of Birmingham and author of Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction

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