Evolutionary Linguistics

Informationen zum Autor April McMahon is Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University. Klappentext An introduction to how the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolved. Zusammenfassung How did the biological! brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? When! why and where did our ancestors become linguistic animals! and what has happened since? This book provides a clear! comprehensive but lively introduction to these interdisciplinary debates. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Evolution and history; 2. Evidence for evolution; 3. The comparative methods; 4. Who, where and when?; 5. The vocal tract; 6. Language and the brain; 7. Language and genes; 8. Big bang or cumulative creep? Saltation versus gradual, adaptive evolution; 9. From protolanguage to language.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: April Mcmahon, April (Aberystwyth University) McMahon, April (Aberystwyth University) Mcmahon Mcmahon, April Mcmahon Mcmahon, Robert McMahon, Robert (Aberystwyth University) McMahon
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.10.2012
• EAN: 9780521891394
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89139-4
• Pagine: 326
• Serie: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature