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Selfish Sounds and Linguistic Evolution

A Darwinian Approach to Language Change

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This new perspective on language change looks at a number of developments in the history of sounds and words and explains them in terms of Darwin's evolutionary theory. Nikolaus Ritt demonstrates how the constituents of language can be regarded as mental patterns, or "memes", which copy themselves from one brain to another when communication and language acquisition occur. Challenging established models of linguistic competence, Ritt's controversial approach will stimulate debate among evolutionary biologists, cognitive scientists and linguists.

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Selfish Sounds and Linguistic Evolution, Nikolaus Ritt

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Tytuł
Selfish Sounds and Linguistic Evolution
Podtytuł
A Darwinian Approach to Language Change
Język
angielski
Rok wydania
2004
Oprawa
twarda
Liczba stron
342
ISBN10
0521826713
ISBN13
9780521826716
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Ocena
3,9 z 5
Opis
This new perspective on language change looks at a number of developments in the history of sounds and words and explains them in terms of Darwin's evolutionary theory. Nikolaus Ritt demonstrates how the constituents of language can be regarded as mental patterns, or "memes", which copy themselves from one brain to another when communication and language acquisition occur. Challenging established models of linguistic competence, Ritt's controversial approach will stimulate debate among evolutionary biologists, cognitive scientists and linguists.