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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hurford, James R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Series:Hurford, James R. Language in the light of evolution ; 2.
Studies in the evolution of language.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Origin.
Grammar, Comparative and general > History.
Historical linguistics.
Langage et langues > Origines.
Grammaire comparée et générale > Histoire.
Linguistique historique.
historical linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general
Historical linguistics
Language and languages > Origin
Sprachentwicklung
Grammatik
Language evolution.
Grammar, general.
Syntax, general.
Animal communication.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Pre-Grammar: 1. Animal syntax? implications for language as behaviour; 2. First shared lexicon
  • Part II. What Evolved: 3. Syntax in the light of evolution; 4. What evolved: language learning capacity; 5. What evolved : languages
  • Part III. What Happened: 6. The pre-existing platform; 7. Gene-language coevolution; 8. One word, two words,
  • ; 9. Grammaticalization.

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