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The genesis of syntactic complexity : diachrony, ontogeny, neuro-cognition, evolution /
"Complex hierarchic syntax is a hallmark of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some for a special status as the evolutionary apex of the uniquely - human language faculty - evolutionary yet mysteriously immune to Darwin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Background
- Ch. 1 Complexity: An overview
- Ch. 2 adaptive approach to grammar
- pt. II Diachrony
- Ch. 3 diachrony of grammar
- Ch. 4 Multiple routes to clause-union: The diachrony of complex verb phrases
- Ch. 5 diachrony of relative clauses: Syntactic complexity in the noun phrase
- pt. III Ontogeny
- Ch. 6 Child language acquisition
- Ch. 7 ontogeny of complex verb phrases: How children learn to negotiate fact and desire
- Ch. 8 ontogeny of relative clauses: How children learn to negotiate complex reference
- Ch. 9 Second-language pidgin
- pt. IV Biology
- Ch. 10 From single words to verbal clauses: Where do simple clauses come from?
- Ch. 11 neuro-cognition of syntactic complexity
- Ch. 12 Syntactic complexity and language evolution.