ISBN:
9783030032357
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (XIV, 86 p. 17 illus, online resource)
Ausgabe:
Springer eBook Collection. Social Sciences
Serie:
Expert Briefs
Serie:
SpringerLink
Serie:
Bücher
Paralleltitel:
Printed edition
Paralleltitel:
Printed edition
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Progovac, Ljiljana A critical introduction to language evolution
Schlagwort(e):
Grammar, Comparative and general
;
Language History
;
Historical linguistics
;
Grammar, Comparative and general
;
Linguistic anthropology
;
Cognitive grammar
;
Historical linguistics
;
Linguistic anthropology
;
Cognitive grammar
;
Syntax.
;
Linguistics.
Kurzfassung:
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
Kurzfassung:
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
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-03235-7
URL:
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