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The origins of grammar /
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 ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Hurford, James R. Language in the light of evolution ;
2. 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 791 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 677-766) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191617133 019161713X 1283348454 9781283348454 9786613348456 6613348457 0191619930 9780191619939 |