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A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution = Current Controversies and Future Prospects /

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Title/Author:	A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution/ by Ljiljana Progovac.
Reminder of title:	Current Controversies and Future Prospects /
Author:	Progovac, Ljiljana.
Description:	XIV, 86 p. 17 illus.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Historical linguistics. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03235-7
ISBN:	9783030032357

A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution = Current Controversies and Future Prospects /
Progovac, Ljiljana.

A Critical Introduction to Language EvolutionCurrent Controversies and Future Prospects /[electronic resource] :by Ljiljana Progovac. - 1st ed. 2019. - XIV, 86 p. 17 illus.online resource. - Expert Briefs,2511-0594. - Expert Briefs,.

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.

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. .

ISBN: 9783030032357

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-03235-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

558392
Historical linguistics.

LC Class. No.: P140-P143.3

Dewey Class. No.: 417.7

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