Namhee Lee, Lisa Mikesell, Anna Dina L Joaquin, Andrea W Mates, John H Schumann

The Interactional Instinct

The Evolution and Acquisition of Language

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780195384239
• ISBN-10: 0195384237
• Artikelnr.: 26624420

Autorenporträt

Namhee Lee: Visiting Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Defense Language Institute Anna Dina L. Joaquin: doctoral student, Applied Linguistics, UCLA Lisa Mikesell : doctoral student, Applied Linguistics, UCLA Andrea W. Mates : doctoral student, Applied Linguistics, UCLA John H. Schumann: Professor of Applied Linguistics, UCLA

Inhaltsangabe

Grammar as a Complex Adaptive System
Evidence for Language Emergence
The Implications of Interaction for the Nature of Language
Interactional Readiness: Infant-Caregiver Interaction and the Ubiquity of Language Acquisition
A neurobiology for the Interactional Instinct
The Interactional Instinct in First and Second Language Acquisition
Broader Implications of the Interactional Instinct