The Genesis of Grammar A Reconstruction |
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| Author:
| Heine, Bernd
Kuteva, Tania |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-922776-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $240.00 |
Book Description:
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This book reconstructs what the earliest grammars might have been and shows how they could have led to the languages of modern humankind. It considers whether these languages derive from a single ancestral language; what the structure of language was when it first evolved; and how the properties associated with modern human languages first arose.
This book reconstructs what the earliest grammars might have been and shows how they could have led to the languages of modern humankind. It considers whether these languages derive from a single ancestral language; what the structure of language was when it first evolved; and how the properties associated with modern human languages first arose.