Function, selection, and innateness: the emergence of language universals
Auteur :
Kirby, Simon
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198238119
Date de publication :
22 avr. 1999
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,0 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
393 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This text explores issues at the core of modern linguistics and cognitive science such as why all languages are similar in some ways and in others utterly different; why languages change and change variably; how the human capacity for language evolved; and how far it did so as an innate ability?