Language in the Mind

At the center of studies of the mind is the problem of representation. It has always seemed that if we could unravel the mystery of how knowledge is stored it would lead irrevocably to understanding how it is learned, how it is used, and, perhaps most intractably of all, how it is made conscious. The form that language takes when it is laid down as traces of long-term memory is a key to understanding its role in human development, intelligence, and socialization.