Biolinguistics at the Cutting Edge - Promises, Achievements, and Challenges

This book contains an updated discussion of the most relevant theoretical and methodological aspects, as well as the most important findings of biolinguistics. This field of linguistics is specifically concerned with the biological aspects of language. In doing so, the volume takes a timely look at the different angles of biolinguistics research, in particular considering its multidisciplinary, technical, theoretical, and applied approaches. The volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth, and state-of-the-art overview of the biolinguistics quest, bringing together the most outstanding contributions on exciting subfields such as language evolution, language acquisition, neuro- and psycholinguistics, or clinical linguistics.

About the author

Antonio Benítez-Burraco, University of Seville, Spain; Isabel Fernández López and Milagros Fernández-Pérez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Olga Ivanova, University of Salamanca, Spain.

Summary

This book contains an updated discussion of the most relevant theoretical and methodological aspects, as well as the most important findings of biolinguistics. This field of linguistics is specifically concerned with the biological aspects of language. In doing so, the volume takes a timely look at the different angles of biolinguistics research, in particular considering its multidisciplinary, technical, theoretical, and applied approaches. The volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth, and state-of-the-art overview of the biolinguistics quest, bringing together the most outstanding contributions on exciting subfields such as language evolution, language acquisition, neuro- and psycholinguistics, or clinical linguistics.

Product details

• Assisted by: Antonio Benítez-Burraco (Editor), Isabel Fernández López (Editor), Milagros Férnandez-Pérez (Editor), Mil Férnandez-Pérez et al (Editor), Olga Ivanova (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.2025
• EAN: 9783111293356
• ISBN: 978-3-11-129335-6
• No. of pages: 385
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 24 mm x 237 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Illustrations: 15 b/w and 9 col. ill., 2 b/w tbl.
• Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Sprachentwicklung, Sprachstörung, Spracherwerb, Linguistics, Biolinguistik, Historical & comparative linguistics, Language acquisition, language disorders, Biolinguistics, Sprache und Kultur, Language Evolution, Cognitive Science of Language, Language and Culture