Hurford

Gebundenes Buch

Origins of Grammar Sel C

Beschreibung

The second in James Hurford's acclaimed two-volume exploration of the biological evolution of language explores the evolutionary and cultural preconditions and consequences of humanity's great leap into language.

Autor

James R. Hurford is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics, University of Edinburgh. He is co-editor, with Kathleen Gibson, of OUP's Studies in Language Evolution, co-founder, with Simon Kirby, of the Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh, and co-founder, with Chris Knight, of the EVOLANG series of international conferences on the evolution of language. His books include The Linguistic Theory of Numerals (CUP, 1975), Language and Number: The Emergence of a Cognitive System (Blackwell, 1987), Grammar: A Student's Guide (CUP 1994), and The Origins of Meaning (OUP 2007).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 808
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 182mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 1541g
• ISBN-13: 9780199207879
• ISBN-10: 0199207879
• Artikelnr.: 33252087