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The Interactional Instinct : The Evolution and Acquisition of Language.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (244 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199724963
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Interactional InstinctDDC classification:
  • 401/.93
LOC classification:
  • P118.I493 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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