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How new languages emerge /
"New languages are constantly emerging, as existing languages diverge into different forms. To explain this fascinating process, we need to understand how languages change and how they emerge in children. In this pioneering study, David Lightfoot explains how languages come into being. He explo...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "New languages are constantly emerging, as existing languages diverge into different forms. To explain this fascinating process, we need to understand how languages change and how they emerge in children. In this pioneering study, David Lightfoot explains how languages come into being. He explores how new systems arise, how they are acquired by children, and how adults and children play different, complementary roles in language change. Lightfoot distinguishes between 'external language' (language as it exists in the world) and 'internal language' (language as represented in an individual's brain). By examining the interplay between the two, he shows how children are 'cue-based' learners, who scan their external linguistic environment for specified structures, making sense of the world outside in order to build their internal language. The internal properties of human brains provide the means to interpret speech. Engaging and original, this book offers a pathbreaking new account of language acquisition, variation, and change."--Publisher's description |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (ix, 199 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-195) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511616204 0511616201 9780511140914 0511140916 9780511139567 051113956X 9780511140143 0511140142 9780511309212 051130921X 9781280431982 1280431989 9786610431984 6610431981 1107156270 9781107156272 0511183925 9780511183928 |