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.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Editor introduction; Helen Aristar-Dry
• 1. Introduction to Divergent Views
• 2. Sudden (Saltationist) Approaches to Language Evolution
• 3. Gradualist Approaches to Language Evolution
• 4. Putting it all Together: The Language-Brain-Genes Loop.