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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Givón, Talmy, 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009.
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  • 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.