A critical introduction to language evolution : current controversies and future prospects /: current controversies and future prospects. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ljiljana Progovac.
• Authors: Progovac, Ljiljana
• Contents: Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Synopsis; Series Editor's Introduction; 1 Introduction to Divergent Views; 1.1 Why Study Language Evolution ... or Not?; 1.2 How Ancient Is Language, and Did Neanderthals Have It?; 1.3 Sudden (Saltationist) or Gradual Emergence?; 1.4 The Core Questions to Answer: The Five Problems; References; 2 Sudden (Saltationist) Approaches to Language Evolution; 2.1 A Sampling of Saltationist Approaches; 2.2 All or Nothing Saltationist Scenario (Berwick and Chomsky); 2.3 Saltationism with Some Continuity (Miyagawa); References 3 Gradualist Approaches to Language Evolution3.1 A Sampling of Gradualist Approaches; 3.2 Using the Linguistic Framework of Grammaticalization: Reconstruction of Earliest Vocabularies (Heine and Kuteva); 3.3 Using the Linguistic Framework of Minimalism: Reconstruction of Earliest Grammars (Progovac); 3.4 In Defense of "Living Fossils" (Jackendoff; Bickerton; Givón; Progovac); 3.5 Cultural Change or Genetic Evolution?; 3.5.1 Nurture Versus Nature; 3.5.2 Cultural Evolution and Computer Simulation Studies; References; 4 Putting It All Together: The Language-Brain-Genes Loop 4.1 From Language to the Brain to the Genes, and Back4.2 Specific Sexual Selection Scenario: Language and Genes; 4.3 Genetic Discoveries and Experiments: Genes and the Brain (via Language); 4.4 Neuroscientific Findings and Experiments: Language and the Brain (via Genes); 4.5 What About Neanderthals and Other Species?; 4.6 Conclusions and Future Prospects; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 417/.7; Historical linguistics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030032357; 3030032353
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 06, 2019).
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