Screen LibraryThe origins of grammar /
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Language in the light of evolution;
2 Studies in the evolution of language |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 791 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-766) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199207879 : 0199207879 |
| Index Number: | P116 |
| CLC: | H0-09 |
| Call Number: | H0-09/H963 |
| 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. |