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The interactional instinct : the evolution and acquisition of language
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language acquisition--Origin.
- Language and languages.
- Social interaction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 233 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- The Interational Instinct
- interactional instinct
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'The Interactional Instinct' presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge.
- Contents:
- Grammar as a complex adaptive system
- Evidence for language emergence
- The implications of interaction for the nature of language
- Interactional readiness : infant-caregiver interaction and the ubiquity of language acquisition
- A neurobiology for the interactional instinct
- The interactional instinct in primary- and second-language acquisition
- Conclusion : Broader implications of the interactional instinct.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988883-3
- OCLC:
- 244476569
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