Language Evolution and Syntactic Theory
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Approaches to the Evolution of Language
ISBN-10
0521895308
ISBN-13
9780521895309
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 23rd, 2009
Print length
236 Pages
Weight
516 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.90 x 1.70 cms
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Evolution has not typically been recognised by linguists as a constraining factor when developing linguistic theories. It critiques a currently dominant framework in the field of linguistics - the Minimalist Program - by showing how it fails to take evolution into account.
Evolution has not typically been recognised by linguists as a constraining factor when developing linguistic theories. This book demonstrates that our theories of language must reflect the fact that language has evolved. It critiques a currently dominant framework in the field of linguistics - the Minimalist Program - by showing how it fails to take evolution into account. It approaches the question of the evolution of human language in a novel way by applying findings from the field of evolutionary biology to language. Key properties associated with typically evolving systems are identified in language, and the shortcomings of the Minimalist Program in its outright rejection of these features are exposed. The book will be of interest to individual researchers and advanced students in linguistics, psychology, biology, anthropology and cognitive science.
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