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Скачать книгу (размер 1 656 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 326) Аннотация: How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? When, why and where did our ancestors become linguistic animals, and what has happened since? This book provides a clear, comprehensive but lively introduction to these interdisciplinary debates. Written in an approachable style, it cuts through the complex, sometimes contradictory and often obscure…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 075 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 212) Аннотация: - Deals with a fast-changing new theory of phonology — One of the first critiques of Optimality Theory to appear — Interdisciplinary approach involving phonology, historical linguistics, and evolutionary theory This book is about how languages change. It is also a devastating critique of a widespread linguistic orthodoxy. April McMahon argues that to provide a convincing explanation of linguistic…