James R Hurford

The Origins of Grammar

Language in the Light of Evolution II

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Produktbeschreibung

The second in James Hurford's acclaimed two-volume exploration of the biological evolution of language explores the evolutionary and cultural preconditions and consequences of humanity's great leap into language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 808
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 182mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 1541g
• ISBN-13: 9780199207879
• ISBN-10: 0199207879
• Artikelnr.: 33252087

Autorenporträt

James R. Hurford is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics, University of Edinburgh. He is co-editor, with Kathleen Gibson, of OUP's Studies in Language Evolution, co-founder, with Simon Kirby, of the Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh, and co-founder, with Chris Knight, of the EVOLANG series of international conferences on the evolution of language. His books include The Linguistic Theory of Numerals (CUP, 1975), Language and Number: The Emergence of a Cognitive System (Blackwell, 1987), Grammar: A Student's Guide (CUP 1994), and The Origins of Meaning (OUP 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

* Part I: Pre-Grammar
* Introduction to Part I: Twin Evolutionary patterns - Animal Song and
Human Symbols
* 1: Animal Syntax? Implications for Language as Behaviour
* 2: First Shared Lexicon
* Part II: What Evolved
* Introduction to Part II: Some Linguistics - How to Study Syntax and
What Evolved
* 3: Syntax in the Light of Evolution
* 4: What Evolved: Language Learning Capacity
* 5: What Evolved: Languages
* Part III: What Happened
* Introduction to Part III: What Happened - The Evolution of Syntax
* 6: The Pre-existing Platform
* 7: Gene-Language Coevolution
* 8: One Word, Two Words
* 9: Grammaticalization
* Sendoff
* References
* Index