The Origins of Grammar - Language in the Light of Evolution II

Zusatztext Hurford's scope is encyclopaedic Informationen zum Autor James R. Hurford is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics, University of Edinburgh. He is co-editor, with Kathleen Gibson, of OUP's Studies in Language Evolution, co-founder, with Simon Kirby, of the Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh, and co-founder, with Chris Knight, of the EVOLANG series of international conferences on the evolution of language. His books include The Linguistic Theory of Numerals (CUP, 1975), Language and Number: The Emergence of a Cognitive System (Blackwell, 1987), Grammar: A Student's Guide (CUP 1994), and The Origins of Meaning (OUP 2007). Klappentext The second in James Hurford's acclaimed two-volume exploration of the biological evolution of language explores the evolutionary and cultural preconditions and consequences of humanity's great leap into language. Zusammenfassung The second in James Hurford's acclaimed two-volume exploration of the biological evolution of language explores the evolutionary and cultural preconditions and consequences of humanity's great leap into language. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Pre-Grammar Introduction to Part I: Twin Evolutionary patterns - Animal Song and Human Symbols 1: Animal Syntax? Implications for Language as Behaviour 2: First Shared Lexicon Part II: What Evolved Introduction to Part II: Some Linguistics - How to Study Syntax and What Evolved 3: Syntax in the Light of Evolution 4: What Evolved: Language Learning Capacity 5: What Evolved: Languages Part III: What Happened Introduction to Part III: What Happened - The Evolution of Syntax 6: The Pre-existing Platform 7: Gene-Language Coevolution 8: One Word, Two Words 9: Grammaticalization Sendoff References Index

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• Authors: James Hurford, James R Hurford, James R. Hurford, James R. (Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics Hurford, Hurford James R.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2011
• EAN: 9780199207879
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920787-9
• No. of pages: 768
• Series: Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language; Studies in the Evolution of La; Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language; Studies in the Evolution of La
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, Anthropology, Philosophy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Biology, life sciences