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Language, from a biological point of view : current issues in biolinguistics / edited by Cedric Boeckx, Maria del Carmen Horno-Cheliz and Jose-Luis Mendivil-Giro.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biolinguistics.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (399 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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, languag...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; INTRODUCTION TO PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; INTRODUCTION TO PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; INTRODUCTION TO PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-3842-X
- OCLC:
- 823721227
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