Bickerton, Derek,

More than nature needs : language, mind, and evolution / Derek Bickerton. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (324 pages)

Available in 2013.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Wallace's problem -- Generative theory -- The "specialness" of humans -- From animal communication to protolanguage -- Universal grammar -- Variation and change -- Language "acquisition" -- Creolization -- Homo sapiens loquens.



9780674728523


Language and languages.
Human evolution--Psychological aspects.
Language acquisition--Psychological aspects.
Cognitive grammar.
Psycholinguistics.


Electronic Books.

P107 / .M674 2014