A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution Current Controversies and Future Prospects /

This book provides a critical introduction to the current views and controversies regarding language evolution. It sheds new light on hot topics such as: How ancient is language? Did Neanderthals have some form of language? Did language evolve gradually and incrementally, through stages, or suddenly...

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Yazar: Progovac, Ljiljana (Yazar)
Müşterek Yazar: SpringerLink (Online service)
Materyal Türü: e-Kitap
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Springer,
Edisyon:1st ed. 2019.
Seri Bilgileri:Expert Briefs,
Konular:
Language and languages.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Linguistics.
Anthropological linguistics.
Psycholinguistics.
Language History.
Syntax.
Linguistic Anthropology.
Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics.
Online Erişim:Full-text access
Diğer Bilgiler
Özet:This book provides a critical introduction to the current views and controversies regarding language evolution. It sheds new light on hot topics such as: How ancient is language? Did Neanderthals have some form of language? Did language evolve gradually and incrementally, through stages, or suddenly, in one leap, in all its complexity? Does language evolution involve natural selection or not? This book is essential reading for scholars and students interested in language evolution, especially those in the fields of linguistics, psychology, biology, anthropology, and neuroscience. .
Fiziksel Özellikler:XIV, 86 p. 17 illus. online resource.
ISBN:9783030032357
ISSN:2511-0616
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-03235-7

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