The origins of grammar /
by Hurford, James R.
Material type:
BookSeries: Hurford, James R. Language in the light of evolution: 2.; Studies in the evolution of language: Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012Description: xiii, 791 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780199207879; 0199207879.Subject(s): Language and languages -- Origin | Grammar, Comparative and general -- History | Historical linguistics
Contents:
Part I. Pre-Grammar: 1. Animal syntax? implications for language as behaviour; 2. First shared lexicon -- Part II. What Evolved: 3. Syntax in the light of evolution; 4. What evolved: language learning capacity; 5. What evolved : languages -- Part III. What Happened: 6. The pre-existing platform; 7. Gene-language coevolution; 8. One word, two words,- ; 9. Grammaticalization.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-766) and index.
Part I. Pre-Grammar: 1. Animal syntax? implications for language as behaviour; 2. First shared lexicon -- Part II. What Evolved: 3. Syntax in the light of evolution; 4. What evolved: language learning capacity; 5. What evolved : languages -- Part III. What Happened: 6. The pre-existing platform; 7. Gene-language coevolution; 8. One word, two words,- ; 9. Grammaticalization.
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