Evolution of Morphology

by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy

This book considers the evolution of the grammatical structure of words in the more general contexts of human evolution and the origins of language. The consensus in many fields is that language is well designed for its purpose, and became so either through natural selection or by virtue of non-biological constraints on how language must be structured. Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy argues that in certain crucial respects language is not optimally designed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199202680
• ISBN13: 9780199202683
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"