A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution [[electronic resource] ] : Current Controversies and Future Prospects / / by Ljiljana Progovac

• Autore: Progovac Ljiljana
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2019.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIV, 86 p. 17 illus.)
• Disciplina: 417.7
• Soggetto topico: Historical linguistics; Syntax; Linguistics; Linguistic anthropology; Cognitive grammar; Language History; Popular Science in Linguistics; Linguistic Anthropology; Cognitive Linguistics
• Nota di contenuto: Editor introduction; Helen Aristar-Dry -- 1. Introduction to Divergent Views -- 2. Sudden (Saltationist) Approaches to Language Evolution -- 3. Gradualist Approaches to Language Evolution -- 4. Putting it all Together: The Language-Brain-Genes Loop.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a critical introduction to the current views and controversies regarding language evolution. It sheds new light on hot topics such as: How ancient is language? Did Neanderthals have some form of language? Did language evolve gradually and incrementally, through stages, or suddenly, in one leap, in all its complexity? Does language evolution involve natural selection or not? This book is essential reading for scholars and students interested in language evolution, especially those in the fields of linguistics, psychology, biology, anthropology, and neuroscience. .
• Titolo autorizzato: A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution
• ISBN: 3-030-03235-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910337739203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Expert Briefs, . 2511-0594