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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457730003321

Autore

Sciullo Anna Maria Di

Titolo

The Biolinguistic Enterprise [[electronic resource] ] : New Perspectives on the Evolution and Nature of the Human Language Faculty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2011

ISBN

1-283-29679-9

9786613296795

0-19-161270-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (576 p.)

Collana

Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

BoeckxCedric

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Biolinguistics

Grammar, Comparative and general

Language

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; General Preface; The Contributors; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Contours of the Biolinguistic Research Agenda; Part I. Evolution; Part II. Variation; Part III. Computation; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book, by leading scholars, represents some of the main work in progress in biolinguistics. It offers fresh perspectives on language evolution and variation, new developments in theoretical linguistics, and insights on the relations between variation in language and variation in biology. The authors address the Darwinian questions on the origin and evolution of language from a minimalist perspective, and provide elegant solutions to the evolutionary gap between human languageand communication in all other organisms. They consider language variation in the context of current biological appr