Evolutionary Syntax

by Ljiljana Progovac

In this book, Ljiljana Progovac proposes a gradualist, adaptationist approach to the evolution of syntax, subject to natural selection. She provides a specific framework for its study, combining the fields of evolutionary biology, theoretical syntax, typology, neuroscience, and genetics. The author pursues an internal reconstruction of the stages of grammar based on the syntactic theory associated with Chomskyan Minimalism and arrives at specific,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019873655X
• ISBN13: 9780198736554
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"