Language, from a Biological Point of View

Language, from a Biological Point of View
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 400
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781443838429
ISBN-13 : 144383842X
Rating : 4/5 (42X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Language, from a Biological Point of View by : Cedric Boeckx

Download or read book Language, from a Biological Point of View written by Cedric Boeckx and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume offers a collection of essays covering a broad range of areas where currently a rapprochement between linguistics and biology is actively being sought. Following a certain tradition, we call this attempt at a synthesis “biolinguistics.” The nine chapters (grouped into three parts: Language and Cognition, Language and the Brain, and Language and the Species) offer a comprehensive overview of issues at the forefront of biolinguistic research, such as language structure; language development; linguistic change and variation; language disorders and language processing; the cognitive, neural and genetic basis of linguistic knowledge; or the evolution of the Faculty of Language. Each contribution highlights exciting prospects for the field, but they also point to significant obstacles along the way. The main conclusion is that the age of theoretical exclusivity in Linguistics, much like the age of theoretical specificity, will have to end if interdisciplinarity is to reign and if biolinguistics is to flourish.


Language, from a Biological Point of View Related Books

Language, from a Biological Point of View
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Cedric Boeckx
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-15 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The present volume offers a collection of essays covering a broad range of areas where currently a rapprochement between linguistics and biology is actively bei
Biolinguistics
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Lyle Jenkins
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Argues that biology plays a more central role in language acquisition than teaching or learning.
The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution
Language: en
Pages: 790
Authors: Maggie Tallerman
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field, including work in animal behaviour; anatomy, genetics and neurology; the prehistory of
Language
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Ruth Garrett Millikan
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Ruth Millikan presents a radically different way of viewing the partial regularities that language displays, the norms and conventions of language. The central
The Neuropsychology of Language
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Robert Rieber
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The essays in this volume have been gathered together to honor Eric H. Lenneberg. Together they represent the broad range of topics in which he took some intere