Language In A Darwinian Perspective Paperback Book

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Though it is wellknown that nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution in linguistics the received view is to reject the Darwinian approach. This book breaks the prevailing taboo and argues instead that linguistic features speech sounds grammatical distinctions and syntactic strategies have followed an evolutionary course. Though variation exists and gratuitious changes can be found an indepth study clearly suggests that on the whole linguistic features have developed under two sets of selections pressures the pressure to reduce the neuromuscular cost and the concomitant pressure to find evermore functional alternatives.
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  • Category: Education
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Publication Date: 2002-17-01
  • Publisher / Label: Peter Lang Copyright
  • Number of Pages: 316
  • Fruugo ID: 330096879-728465904
  • ISBN: 9783631388822

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