LEADER 02017oam 2200289z- 450 001 9910879795403321 005 20240606104135.0 010 $a0-19-108997-4 035 $a(CKB)4910000000065786 035 $a(BIP)050720767 035 $a(EXLCZ)994910000000065786 100 $a20220223c2015uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 10$aEvolutionary Syntax 210 $cOxford University Press 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 311 $a0-19-873655-X 330 8 $aIn this book, Ljiljana Progovac proposes a gradualist, adaptationist approach to the evolution of syntax, subject to natural selection. She provides a specific framework for its study, combining the fields of evolutionary biology, theoretical syntax, typology, neuroscience, and genetics. Theauthor pursues an internal reconstruction of the stages of grammar based on the syntactic theory associated with Chomskyan Minimalism and arrives at specific, testable hypotheses, which are then corroborated by an abundance of theoretically analysed "living fossils" drawn from a variety oflanguages. 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