Function, Selection, and Innateness (Hardcover)

Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999

0198238118 / 9780198238119

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Hardcover. This book explores issues at the core of modern linguistics and cognitive science. Why are all languages similar in some ways and in others utterly different? Why do languages change and change variably? How did the human capacity for language evolve, and how far did it do so as an innate ability? Simon Kirby looks at these questions from a broad perspective, arguing that they can (indeed must) be studied together. The author begins byexamining how far the universal properties of language may be explained by examining the way it is used, and how far by the way it is structured. He then considers what insights may be gained by combiningfunctional and formal approaches. In doing so he develops a way of treating language as an adaptive system, in which its communicative and formal roles are both crucial and complementary. In order to test the effectiveness of competing theories and explanations, Simon Kirby develops computational models to show what universals emerge given a particular theory of language use or acquisition. He presents here both the methodology and the results.Function, Selection, and Innateness is important for its argument, its methodology, and its conclusions. It is a powerful demonstration of the value of looking at language as an adaptive system and goesto the heart of current debates on the evolution and nature of language. Why are all languages alike in some ways, different in others? Why do languages change? How did they originate and evolve? Kirby argues these questions must be studied together. He uses computational models to show what universals emerge given a particular theory of language use or acquisition. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Título
Function, Selection, and Innateness (Hardcover)
Autor
Simon Kirby
Editorial
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Año de publicación
1999
Estado
new
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0198238118
ISBN 13
9780198238119

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