Creating Language
Integrating Evolution, Acquisition, and Processing
Language is a hallmark of the human species; the flexibility and unbounded expressivity of our linguistic abilities is unique in the biological world. In this book, Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater argue that to understand this astonishing phenomenon, we must consider how language is created: moment by moment, in the generation and understanding of individual utterances; year by year, as new language learners acquire language skills; and generation by generation, as languages change, split, and fuse through the processes of cultural evolution. Christiansen and Chater propose a revolutionary new framework for understanding the evolution, ac…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Chater, Nick (Professor of Behavioural Science, The University of Warwick)
- ISBN: 978-0-262-03431-9
- EAN: 9780262034319
- Produktnummer: 19084168
- Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 344 S.
- Masse: H16.5 cm x B23.7 cm x D3.2 cm 610 g
- Abbildungen: 18 b 36 Illustrations, unspecified
- Gewicht: 610
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Morten H. Christiansen is Professor of Psychology and Codirector of the Cognitive Science Program at Cornell University. Nick Chater is Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.
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