A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution Current Controversies and Future Prospects /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Progovac, Ljiljana (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Expert Briefs,
• Θέματα: Historical linguistics.; Syntax.; Linguistics.; Linguistic anthropology.; Cognitive grammar.; Language History.; Popular Science in Linguistics.; Linguistic Anthropology.; Cognitive Linguistics.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XIV, 86 p. 17 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030032357
• ISSN: 2511-0594
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-03235-7

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. .