Language Evolution and Syntactic Theory - Rilegato

Kinsella, Anna R.

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ISBN 10: 0521895308 ISBN 13: 9780521895309

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

Evolution has not typically been recognised by linguists as a constraining factor when developing linguistic theories. This book demonstrates that our theories of language must reflect the fact that language has evolved. It critiques a currently dominant framework in the field of linguistics - the Minimalist Program - by showing how it fails to take evolution into account. It approaches the question of the evolution of human language in a novel way by applying findings from the field of evolutionary biology to language. Key properties associated with typically evolving systems are identified in language, and the shortcomings of the Minimalist Program in its outright rejection of these features are exposed. The book will be of interest to individual researchers and advanced students in linguistics, psychology, biology, anthropology and cognitive science.

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Descrizione del libro:

Evolution has not typically been recognised by linguists as a constraining factor when developing linguistic theories. It critiques a currently dominant framework in the field of linguistics - the Minimalist Program - by showing how it fails to take evolution into account.

L'autore:

Anna R. Kinsella is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Language Evolution & Computation Research Unit in the Department of Linguistics & English Language at the University of Edinburgh.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521895308
• ISBN 13: 9780521895309
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 236