The Biolinguistic Enterprise: New Perspectives on the Evolution and Nature of the Human Language Faculty

by Cedric Boeckx

Book Overview

This book, by leading scholars, represents some of the main work in progress in biolinguistics. It offers fresh perspectives on language evolution and variation, new developments in theoretical linguistics, and insights on the relations between variation in language and variation in biology. The authors address the Darwinian questions on the origin and evolution of language from a minimalist perspective, and provide elegant solutions to the evolutionary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199553289
• ISBN13: 9780199553280
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.8"