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The Origins of Grammar : Language in the Light of Evolution II.
This is the second of the two closely linked but self-contained volumes that comprise James Hurford's acclaimed exploration of the biological evolution of language. In the first book he looked at the evolutionary origins of meaning, ending as our distant ancestors were about to step over the br...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2011.
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| Colección: | Studies in the evolution of language.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is the second of the two closely linked but self-contained volumes that comprise James Hurford's acclaimed exploration of the biological evolution of language. In the first book he looked at the evolutionary origins of meaning, ending as our distant ancestors were about to step over the brink to modern language. He now considers how that step might have been taken and the consequences it undoubtedly had. The capacity for language lets human beings formulate and express an unlimited range of propositions about real or fictitious worlds. It allows them to communicate these propositions, oft. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (808 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780191617133 019161713X 1283348454 9781283348454 0199207879 9780199207879 |