Selfish Sounds and Linguistic Evolution : A Darwinian Approach to Language Change
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521120632
ISBN-13
9780521120630
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 2009
Print length
344 Pages
Weight
540 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.40 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
linguisticsPsychologyPhilosophy of science
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This book takes an exciting new perspective on language change, by explaining it in terms of Darwin's evolutionary theory. Nikolaus Ritt shows how the constituents of language can be regarded as mental patterns, or 'memes', which copy themselves from one brain to another when communication and language acquisition take place.
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