Language Evolution and Syntactic Theory

Name: Language Evolution and Syntactic Theory
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521895309
Price: 19600 KES
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ISBN: 9780521895309

by Anna R. Kinsella

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Format Hardback

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

Product Classification: Historical & comparative linguistics Historical and comparative linguistics Grammar, syntax & morphology Grammar, syntax and morphology

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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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