Title New perspectives on the origins of language / edited by Claire Lefebvre, Université du Quebec à Montréal ; Bernard Comrie, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ; Henri Cohen, Université Paris Descartes.

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Physical Medium	polychrome
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Series	Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 144
	Studies in language companion series ; v. 144. 0165-7763
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	We first address diverse criteria on what a theory of language evolution should explain, focusing on six divides: evolution did/did not yield a Universal Grammar; brain evolution is/is not important; language is to be viewed as speech or multimodal communication; language evolution is/is not best understood solely with reference to tools for communication; we do/do not need a notion of protolanguage as a precursor to language; and protolanguage was/was not in great part holophrastic. We argue against a role for an innate Universal Grammar in language acquisition and language change, and then p.
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Subject	Language and languages -- Origin.
	Language and languages -- Origin.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Lefebvre, Claire.
	Comrie, Bernard, 1947-
	Cohen, Henri, 1945-
Other Form:	Print version: New perspectives on the origins of language 9789027206114 (DLC) 2013034988 (OCoLC)858610728
ISBN	9789027271136 (electronic book)
	9027271135 (electronic book)
	130609061X (e-book)
	9781306090612 (e-book)
	9789027206114
	9027206112