{"title":"Mark C. Baker","description":"Mark C. Baker is a professor in the Department of Linguistics and the Center for Cognitive Science at Rutgers University. He lives in Camden, New Jersey.","products":[{"product_id":"the-atoms-of-language-the-minds-hidden-rules-of-grammar-paperback","title":"The Atoms of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules of Grammar - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether all human languages are fundamentally the same or different has been a subject of debate for ages. This problem has deep philosophical implications: If languages are all the same, it implies a fundamental commonality-and thus the mutual intelligibility-of human thought. We are now on the verge of answering this question. Using a twenty-year-old theory proposed by the world's greatest living linguist, Noam Chomsky, researchers have found that the similarities among languages are more profound than the differences. Languages whose grammars seem completely incompatible may in fact be structurally almost identical, except for a difference in one simple rule. The discovery of these rules and how they may vary promises to yield a linguistic equivalent of the Periodic Table of the Elements: a single framework by which we can understand the fundamental structure of all human language. This is a landmark breakthrough, both within linguistics, which will thereby become a full-fledged science for the first time, and in our understanding of the human mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376133144799,"sku":"9780465005222","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/xmAyC9RJ6K9780465005222.webp?v=1789214274"},{"product_id":"wildlife-of-the-kennet-and-avon-canal-paperback","title":"Wildlife of the Kennet and Avon Canal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Kennet and Avon Canal is a linear oasis, providing water and a green ribbon, linking other areas of natural habitat, as it runs from Bristol to Reading. It both provides wildlife habitat and acts as a wildlife corridor. Those keen to observe wildlife will find a wide range of birds, as well as invertebrates, mammals, fish and other aquatic creatures. There are common water birds, such as coots and moorhens, as well as red-listed species (those of most conservation concern) like the grey wagtail and marsh tit. Water voles, which have disappeared from some counties altogether, have gone from once being Britain's most common mammal, to its fastest declining, but they can still be found along this waterway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith over \u003cb\u003e370\u003c\/b\u003e sumptuous full colour photographs, \u003ci\u003eWildlife of the Kennet and Avon Canal\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the range of wildlife that anyone could come across. Most of the images were taken using a conventional, hand-held camera, either on the tow path or very close to it. Some of the close-ups were taken using a macro lens, with the camera sometimes mounted on a tripod, elsewhere a telephoto lens was used. There was no use of hides or specialist photographic equipment, beyond that mentioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes wildlife spotting suggestions and photographic hints and tips, as well as a collection of wildlife stories. It provides a fabulous introduction to watching and photographing wildlife and a way of enhancing your enjoyment of one of Britain's best-loved canals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is available in a hardcover version, which also features higher quality paper and enhanced printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther books in the \u003cb\u003eUK Canals series\u003c\/b\u003e include \u003ci\u003e1: The Kennet and Avon Canal in pictures, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e3: Weird and wonderful canal photographs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e4: The Erewash Canal in context\u003c\/i\u003e. Also by the same author, \u003ci\u003ePandemic diary: Newbury in a time of crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePandemic diary 2: Newbury emerges from lockdown\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiving in a digital world: Demystifying technology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more details about \u003ci\u003eMark C Baker\u003c\/i\u003e books see http: \/\/www.educationvision.co.uk\/books.html\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377957339359,"sku":"9781796436280","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/lASvgddkBy9781796436280.webp?v=1789243678"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/mark-c-baker.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}