New perspectives on the origins of language /:

We first address diverse criteria on what a theory of language evolution should explain, focusing on six divides: evolution did/did not yield a Universal Grammar; brain evolution is/is not important; language is to be viewed as speech or multimodal communication; language evolution is/is not best un...

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Weitere Verfasser: Lefebvre, Claire, Comrie, Bernard, 1947-, Cohen, Henri, 1945-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in language companion series ; v. 144.
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Zusammenfassung:We first address diverse criteria on what a theory of language evolution should explain, focusing on six divides: evolution did/did not yield a Universal Grammar; brain evolution is/is not important; language is to be viewed as speech or multimodal communication; language evolution is/is not best understood solely with reference to tools for communication; we do/do not need a notion of protolanguage as a precursor to language; and protolanguage was/was not in great part holophrastic. We argue against a role for an innate Universal Grammar in language acquisition and language change, and then p.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027271136
9027271135
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9781306090612
ISSN:0165-7763 ;

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