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Is human language an evolutionary adaptation? Is linguistics a natural science? These questions have bedeviled philosophers, philologists and linguists from Plato through Chomsky. Prof. Givón suggests that the answers fall naturally within an integrated study of living organisms. In this new work,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Givón, Talmy, 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2002.
Temas:
Biolinguistics.
Linguistics.
Linguistics
Biolinguistique.
Linguistique.
linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Biolinguistics
Evolutionstheorie
Systemtheorie
Sprachliche Universalien
Motivierung > Linguistik
Funktionalismus > Linguistik
Biolinguistik
Sprachwandel
Sprachvariante
Biolinguïstiek.
Taalgenese.
Linguagem.
Biologia.
Lingüística.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Is human language an evolutionary adaptation? Is linguistics a natural science? These questions have bedeviled philosophers, philologists and linguists from Plato through Chomsky. Prof. Givón suggests that the answers fall naturally within an integrated study of living organisms. In this new work, Givón points out that language operates between aspects of both complex biological design and adaptive behavior. As in biology, the whole is an adaptive compromise to competing demands. Variation is the indispensable tool of learning, change and adaptation. The contrast between innateness and in.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 382 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-375) and index.
ISBN:9789027296061
9027296065

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