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Origin and Evolution of Languages
Bernard . Ed(S): Laks
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Description for Origin and Evolution of Languages
Hardback. Debates the issues in the field of the origin and evolution of language through interdisciplinary perspectives from linguistics (different branches thereof), philosophy, history and prehistory, archaeology, anthropology, genetics, computer-modelling. Editor(s): Laks, Bernard. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps & diagrams. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 667.
"Origin and Evolution of Languages" has a strong interdisciplinary flavour designed to highlight the true complexity of the debates in the field. Many of the models and theories conjectured can only receive their validation from a convergence of arguments developed across disciplines. The book underscores this dimension by including contribution from disciplines that have been wary, traditionally, of extending beyond their borders: linguistics (different branches thereof), philosophy, history and prehistory, archaeology, anthropology, genetics, computer-modelling. The presentation is intended to encompass both the agreements and disjunctures characteristic of the field and insisted on laying open propositions that clearly differ from, possibly ... Read more
"Origin and Evolution of Languages" has a strong interdisciplinary flavour designed to highlight the true complexity of the debates in the field. Many of the models and theories conjectured can only receive their validation from a convergence of arguments developed across disciplines. The book underscores this dimension by including contribution from disciplines that have been wary, traditionally, of extending beyond their borders: linguistics (different branches thereof), philosophy, history and prehistory, archaeology, anthropology, genetics, computer-modelling. The presentation is intended to encompass both the agreements and disjunctures characteristic of the field and insisted on laying open propositions that clearly differ from, possibly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845532048
SKU
V9781845532048
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About Bernard . Ed(S): Laks
Bernard Laks is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Paris X. He is head of the CNRS laboratory 'Models, Dynamics, Corpus'. Specialized in phonology and in cognitive linguistics, he has published on general and French phonology, harmonic and connexionist phonology, history of linguistics, sociolinguistics and variationism. His publications include Langage et cognition : l'approche connexionniste (Hermes, 1996), ... Read more
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