Evolutionary Linguistics

Name: Evolutionary Linguistics
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Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

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How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? When, why and where did our ancestors become linguistic animals, and what has happened since? This book provides a clear, comprehensive but lively introduction to these interdisciplinary debates. Written in an approachable style, it cuts through the complex, sometimes contradictory and often obscure technical languages used in the different scientific disciplines involved in the study of linguistic evolution. Assuming no background knowledge in these disciplines, the book outlines the physical and neurological structures underlying language systems, and the limits of our knowledge concerning their evolution. Discussion questions and further reading lists encourage students to explore the primary literature further, and the final chapter demonstrates that while many questions still remain unanswered, there is a growing consensus as to how modern human languages have arisen as systems by the interplay of evolved structures and cultural transmission.

Author Biography:

April McMahon is Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University. Robert McMahon is a Research Associate in the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth University.

Release date NZ

October 11th, 2012

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Professional & Vocational

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2 Tables, black and white; 3 Halftones, unspecified; 18 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

330

Series

Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

Dimensions

179x252x20

ISBN-13

9780521814508

Product ID

10387969

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