The Cambridge Handbook of Biolinguistics - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521761530 ISBN 13: 9780521761536

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Riassunto

Biolinguistics involves the study of language from a broad perspective that embraces natural sciences, helping us better to understand the fundamentals of the faculty of language. This Handbook offers the most comprehensive state-of-the-field survey of the subject available. A team of prominent scholars working in a variety of disciplines is brought together to examine language development, language evolution and neuroscience, as well as providing overviews of the conceptual landscape of the field. The Handbook includes work at the forefront of contemporary research devoted to the evidence for a language instinct, the critical period hypothesis, grammatical maturation, bilingualism, the relation between mind and brain, and the role of natural selection in language evolution. It will be welcomed by graduate students and researchers in a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, evolutionary biology and cognitive science.

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Recensione:

'A thoughtfully constructed and didactically useful perspective on a vibrant, heterogeneous area. Many chapters succeed in illustrating the potential for future interdisciplinary progress in the alignment of linguistics and biology.' David Poeppel, New York University

'In this comprehensive introduction to biolinguistics, twenty-five chapters by esteemed researchers provide accessible introductions to the field, building bridges between linguistics and biology, evolution, development and neuroscience. A 'must-have' compendium.' Tecumseh Fitch, University of Vienna

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This Handbook offers the most comprehensive state-of-the-field survey of the subject available. A team of prominent scholars working in a variety of disciplines is brought together to examine language development, language evolution and neuroscience, as well as providing overviews of the conceptual landscape of the field.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0521761530
• ISBN 13: 9780521761536
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 704
• Redattore: Boeckx Cedric, Grohmann Kleanthes K.