Linguistics and Evolution A Developmental Approach
Linguistics and Evolution: A Developmental Approach by Julie Tetel Andresen, published by Cambridge University Press in 2014, presents a comprehensive examination of evolutionary linguistics, a field that integrates language study with human origins and development. This 308-page book is written in English and explores how insights from various disciplines, including psychology, biology, and anthropology, inform our understanding of language as a product of human evolution.
Readers will find a fresh perspective on traditional linguistic questions, shifting the focus from defining language to understanding how humans become capable of language. The book emphasizes the importance of an evolutionary and developmental framework, making it relevant for advanced students and researchers in linguistics, as well as those in related fields such as cognitive science and psychology. Through this interdisciplinary approach, the author encourages a deeper inquiry into the connections between language and human biology.
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Evolutionary linguistics – an approach to language study that takes into account our origins and development as a species – has rapidly developed in recent years. Informed by the latest findings in evolutionary theory, this book sets language within the context of human biology and development, taking ideas from fields such as psychology, neurology, biology, anthropology, genetics and cognitive science. By factoring an evolutionary and developmental perspective into the theoretical framework, the author replaces old questions – such as ‘what is language?’ – with new questions, such as ‘how do living beings become ‘languaging’ living beings?’ Linguistics and Evolution offers readers the first rethinking of an introductory approach to linguistics since Leonard Bloomfield’s 1933 Language. It will be of significant interest to advanced students and researchers in all subfields of linguistics, and the related fields of biology, anthropology, cognitive science and psychology.
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