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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954274103321

Titolo

The biolinguistic enterprise : new perspectives on the evolution and nature of the human language faculty / / edited by Anna Maria Di Sciullo and Cedric Boeckx

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-19-161270-7

1-283-29679-9

9786613296795

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 559 p. : ill

Collana

Oxford linguistics

Oxford studies in biolinguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

Di SciulloAnne-Marie <1951->

BoeckxCedric

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Biolinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Evolution -- pt. 2. Variation -- pt. 3. Computation.

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.