The Origins of Meaning: Language in the Light of Evolution: 8 (Studies in the Evolution of Language) - Hardcover

Hurford, James R.

 
9780199207855: The Origins of Meaning: Language in the Light of Evolution: 8 (Studies in the Evolution of Language)

Synopsis

The most important publication on language evolution to date

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About the Author

James R. Hurford is 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), and Grammar: A Student's Guide (CUP 1994).


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