How and why do languages change over time? Could the way an individual child develops affect aggregate language change? What do the mechanisms of change tell us about the evolution of language in our species? This book asserts that a child develops a grammar on exposure to some triggering experience. Series: Blackwell/Maryland Lectures in Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFFD; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420. . 1999. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

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T�tulo: The Development of Language: Acquisition, Change, and Evolution
Editor: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Fecha de publicaci�n: 1998
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 0631210601
ISBN 13: 9780631210603
Encuadernaci�n: Encuadernaci�n de tapa blanda
Edici�n: 1� Edici�n
Estado: New

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A language develops over time, it develops in a child, and the capacity for language has evolved in the human species.

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David Lightfoot is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park where he is also Associate Director of the program in Neural and Cognitive Science. His books include The Language Lottery and How to Set Parameters.

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