The Interactional Instinct : The Evolution and Acquisition of Language.
Lee, Namhee.
The Interactional Instinct : The Evolution and Acquisition of Language. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (244 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Overview -- 1. Grammar as a Complex Adaptive System -- 2. Evidence for Language Emergence -- 3. The Implications of Interaction for the Nature of Language -- 4. Interactional Readiness: Infant-Caregiver Interaction and the Ubiquity of Language Acquisition -- 5. A Neurobiology for the Interactional Instinct -- 6. The Interactional Instinct in Primary- and Second-Language Acquisition -- Conclusion: Broader Implications of the Interactional Instinct -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge. Its structure evolved phylo- genetically from interaction among speakers and is acquired through emotionally entrained interaction with conspecifics.
9780199724963
Language acquisition.
Language and languages -- Origin.
Social interaction.
Electronic books.
P118.I493 2009
401/.93
The Interactional Instinct : The Evolution and Acquisition of Language. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (244 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Overview -- 1. Grammar as a Complex Adaptive System -- 2. Evidence for Language Emergence -- 3. The Implications of Interaction for the Nature of Language -- 4. Interactional Readiness: Infant-Caregiver Interaction and the Ubiquity of Language Acquisition -- 5. A Neurobiology for the Interactional Instinct -- 6. The Interactional Instinct in Primary- and Second-Language Acquisition -- Conclusion: Broader Implications of the Interactional Instinct -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge. Its structure evolved phylo- genetically from interaction among speakers and is acquired through emotionally entrained interaction with conspecifics.
9780199724963
Language acquisition.
Language and languages -- Origin.
Social interaction.
Electronic books.
P118.I493 2009
401/.93