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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456834303321

Autore

Bejarano Teresa

Titolo

Becoming human [[electronic resource] ] : from pointing gestures to syntax / / Teresa Bejarano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-17487-1

9786613174871

90-272-8679-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Collana

Advances in consciousness research, , 1381-589X ; ; v. 81

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Gesture

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Psycholinguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Evolutionary precursors -- section 2. The basic human ability -- section 3. Specifiying some necessary requisites of language -- section 4. The origin of prediction and syntax -- section 5. Pregrammatical, theme-rheme syntax : revisiting Frege and Vygotsky -- section 6. From original to present-day prediction : links and grammatical syntax -- section 7. Syntax beyond predication.