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1 online resource. |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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SpringerBriefs in linguistics.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web. |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 06, 2019). |
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Introduction to divergent views -- Sudden (Saltationist) approaches to language evolution -- Gradualist approaches to language evolution -- Putting it all together: the language-brain-genes loop. |
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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Synopsis; Series Editor's Introduction; 1 Introduction to Divergent Views; 1.1 Why Study Language Evolution ... or Not?; 1.2 How Ancient Is Language, and Did Neanderthals Have It?; 1.3 Sudden (Saltationist) or Gradual Emergence?; 1.4 The Core Questions to Answer: The Five Problems; References; 2 Sudden (Saltationist) Approaches to Language Evolution; 2.1 A Sampling of Saltationist Approaches; 2.2 All or Nothing Saltationist Scenario (Berwick and Chomsky); 2.3 Saltationism with Some Continuity (Miyagawa); References |
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3 Gradualist Approaches to Language Evolution3.1 A Sampling of Gradualist Approaches; 3.2 Using the Linguistic Framework of Grammaticalization: Reconstruction of Earliest Vocabularies (Heine and Kuteva); 3.3 Using the Linguistic Framework of Minimalism: Reconstruction of Earliest Grammars (Progovac); 3.4 In Defense of "Living Fossils" (Jackendoff; Bickerton; Givón; Progovac); 3.5 Cultural Change or Genetic Evolution?; 3.5.1 Nurture Versus Nature; 3.5.2 Cultural Evolution and Computer Simulation Studies; References; 4 Putting It All Together: The Language-Brain-Genes Loop |
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4.1 From Language to the Brain to the Genes, and Back4.2 Specific Sexual Selection Scenario: Language and Genes; 4.3 Genetic Discoveries and Experiments: Genes and the Brain (via Language); 4.4 Neuroscientific Findings and Experiments: Language and the Brain (via Genes); 4.5 What About Neanderthals and Other Species?; 4.6 Conclusions and Future Prospects; References |
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Historical linguistics.
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Grammar, Comparative and general.
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Anthropological linguistics.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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Faculty Publication.
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| Related To |
Print version: Progovac, Ljiljana. A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution : Current Controversies and Future Prospects. Cham : Springer, ©2018 9783030032340 |
| ISBN |
9783030032357 (electronic book) |
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3030032353 (electronic book) |
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3030032345 |
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9783030032340 |
| OCLC # |
EBC5622560 |
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