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Neilson Voyne Smith

Born

in Canada

January 01, 1939

Website

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/neil/

Genre

Nonfiction

Influences

Noam Chomsky

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Neilson Voyne Smith is the Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University College London and a Fellow of the British Academy. Variously credited as 'N.V. Smith', 'N. Smith', 'Neilson Smith', 'Neilson V. Smith', and 'Neil V. Smith', but most commonly 'Neil Smith'. ...more

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Neilson Voyne Smith’s books

Average rating: 3.99 · 292 ratings · 21 reviews · 19 distinct works

	Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals 3.68 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1995 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Linguistics: The Results of Chomsky's Revolution by Neilson Voyne Smith, Deirdre Wilson 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language, Bananas and Bonobos: Linguistic Problems, Puzzles and Polemics 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mind of a Savant: Language, Learning and Modularity by Neilson Voyne Smith, Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language, Frogs And Savants: More Linguistic Problems, Puzzles and Polemics 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jones 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twitter Machine: Reflections on Language really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	تشومسكي الأفكار والمثل by Neilson Voyne Smith, الهادر المعموري (Translator), Nicholas Allott 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Signs of a Savant: Language Against the Odds by Neilson Voyne Smith, Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli, Gary Morgan 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Acquisition of Phonology: A Case Study really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Not all babies learn to play chess or hunt penguins or play the didgeridoo, but except in cases of pathology they all master their first language. Indeed, failure to master one’s first language is taken to reflect a pathological condition; failing to master algebra or the piccolo has no such implication.”
― Neilson Voyne Smith, Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals

tags: language-acquisition

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“How is it that you can read this book? An obvious answer is because you know English. An equally obvious answer is because the light is on. These two explanations for an apparently trivial ability can illuminate a fundamental dichotomy: the difference between our knowledge of language and our use of that knowledge; between our competence and our performance. Your knowledge of grammar and vocabulary of English, your competence as a speaker of English, is prerequisite to your understanding this sentence; the exercise of this competence is made possible by the fact, among many others, that the light is on.”
― Neilson Voyne Smith, Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals

tags: chomsky, language, linguistics

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“Oysters oysters oysters split split split”
― N. V. Smith

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