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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Progovac, Ljiljana (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Springer,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Expert Briefs,
Subjects:
Language and languages.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Linguistics.
Anthropological linguistics.
Psycholinguistics.
Language History.
Syntax.
Linguistic Anthropology.
Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • Editor introduction; Helen Aristar-Dry
  • 1. Introduction to Divergent Views
  • 2. Sudden (Saltationist) Approaches to Language Evolution
  • 3. Gradualist Approaches to Language Evolution
  • 4. Putting it all Together: The Language-Brain-Genes Loop.

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