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Biolinguistics: Exploring the Biology of Language

Biolinguistics: Exploring the Biology of Language

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics

Linguistics

ISBN10: 0521652332
ISBN13: 9780521652339
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Mar 13 2000
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.26 Depth: 9.32
Language: English
This book investigates the nature of human language and its importance for the study of the mind. It asks what language is from a biological point of view and what the relative contribution of nature and nurture is when a child learns his or her language. Finally it asks how human language evolved and considers the similarities and differences between human language and animal communication systems. Uniquely, it argues that genetic or biological endowment plays a more central role in the aquisition of language than instruction, learning, or cultural determinants.

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