Evolutionary linguistics / April McMahon and Robert McMahon
(Cambridge textbooks in linguistics)
| データ種別 | 電子書籍 |
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| 出版者 | Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press |
| 出版年 | 2012 |
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| 書誌ID | OB00082639 |
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| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 一般注記 | Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-301) and index Machine generated contents note: 1. Evolution and history; 2. Evidence for evolution; 3. The comparative methods; 4. Who, where and when?; 5. The vocal tract; 6. Language and the brain; 7. Language and genes; 8. Big bang or cumulative creep? Saltation versus gradual, adaptive evolution; 9. From protolanguage to language. License restrictions may limit access Summary: "How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? When, why and where did our ancestors become linguistic animals, and what has happened since? This book provides a clear, comprehensive but lively introduction to these interdisciplinary debates. Written in an approachable style, it cuts through the complex, sometimes contradictory and often obscure technical languages used in the different scientific disciplines involved in the study of linguistic evolution. Assuming no background knowledge in these disciplines, the book outlines the physical and neurological structures underlying language systems, and the limits of our knowledge concerning their evolution. Discussion questions and further reading lists encourage students to explore the primary literature further, and the final chapter demonstrates that while many questions still remain unanswered, there is a growing consensus as to how modern human languages have arisen as systems by the interplay of evolved structures and cultural transmission"-- Provided by publisher |
| 著者標目 | *McMahon, April M. S McMahon, Robert 1964- |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Language and languages -- Origin
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LCSH:Anthropological linguistics LCSH:Human evolution FREE:LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative |
| 分 類 | LCC:P116 DC23:401 |
| 巻冊次 | hardback ; ISBN:9780521814508 RefWorks出力（各巻） paperback ; ISBN:9780521891394 RefWorks出力（各巻） |
| 資料種別 | 機械可読データファイル |
| 所蔵情報へのリンク | Evolutionary linguistics / April McMahon and Robert McMahon ; : hardback,: pbk |
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