The Evolution of Morphology

Andrew (, University of Canterbury, New Zealand) Carstairs-McCarthy

Oxford University Press, 2010

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This book considers the evolution of the grammatical structure of words in the contexts of human evolution and the origins of language. The author challenges the conventional views of the relationship between syntax and morphology, the adaptationist view of language evolution, and the notion that language in some way reflects 'laws of form'.

ISBN-13
9780199299782
ISBN-10
0199299781
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2010
Publication date
2010-01-14
Pages
268
Dimensions
239x161x19
Weight
558