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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786922003321

Titolo

The development of language : functional perspectives on species and individuals / / edited by Geoff Williams and Annabelle Lukin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Continuum, , 2006

©2004

ISBN

1-4411-8458-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Open linguistics series

Disciplina

417.7

417/.7

Soggetti

Historical linguistics

Semiotics

Language and languages

Linguistic change

Language acquisition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Emerging Language; 2. On Grammar as the Driving Force from Primary to Higher-order Gonsciousness; 3. The Evolution of Language: A Systemic Functional Exploration of Phylogenetic Phases; 4. Language, Apes and Meaning-Making; 5. Agency, Individuation and Meaning-making: Reflections on an Episode of Bonobo-Human Interaction; 6. The ''Interpersonal First'' Principle in Child Language Development; 7. The World in Words: Semiotic Mediation, Tenor and Ideology; 8. Two Forms of Human Language

9. Changing the Rules, Changing the Game: A Sociocultural Perspective on Second Language Learning in the Classroom10. How our Meanings Change: School Contexts and Semantic Evolution; 11. Ontogenesis and Grammatics: Functions of Metalanguage in Pedagogical Discourse; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a unique range of interdisciplinary work on questions of language development and evolution.It makes visible the significant contribution which meaning-oriented linguistics is making to debates about the origins of language - from the perspective of



language evolution in the species as well as language development in the child. As well as linguistics in the systemic functional, or Hallidayan, tradition, the book offers contributions from primatology, psychiatry, sociology and education.