22.3434, Books: Anthropological Ling/Cognitive Science/Semantics/Syntax: Hurford
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Date: 31-Aug-2011
From: Jeri Dash [jeri.dash at oup.com]
Subject: The Origins of Grammar: Hurford
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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:23:00
From: Jeri Dash [jeri.dash at oup.com]
Subject: The Origins of Grammar: Hurford
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Title: The Origins of Grammar
Subtitle: Language in the Light of Evolution II
Series Title: Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language
Publication Year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199207879.do
Author: James Hurford
Hardback: ISBN: 9780199207879 Pages: 808 Price: U.K. £ 35.00
Abstract:
This is the second of the two closely linked but self-contained volumes that
comprise James Hurford's acclaimed exploration of the biological evolution of
language. In the first book he looked at the evolutionary origins of meaning,
ending as our distant ancestors were about to step over the brink to modern
language. He now considers how that step might have been taken and the
consequences it undoubtedly had.
The capacity for language lets human beings formulate and express an
unlimited range of propositions about real or fictitious worlds. It allows them
to communicate these propositions, often overlaid with layers of nuance and
irony, to other humans who can then interpret and respond to them. These
processes take place at breakneck speed. Using a language means learning
a vast number of arbitrary connections between forms and meanings and
rules on how to manipulate them, both of which a normal human child can do
in its first few years of life. James Hurford looks at how this miracle came
about.
The book is divided into three parts. In the first the author surveys the
syntactic structures evident in the communicative behaviour of animals, such
as birds and whales, and discusses how vocabularies of learned symbols
could have evolved and the effects this had on human thought. In the second
he considers how far the evolution of grammar depended on biological or
cultural factors. In the third and final part he describes the probable route by
which the human language faculty and languages evolved from simple
beginnings to their present complex state.
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Semantics
Syntax
Written In: English (eng)
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