The Development of Language: Functional Perspectives on Species and Individuals (Open Linguistics (Paperback)) - Softcover

 
9780826488787: The Development of Language: Functional Perspectives on Species and Individuals (Open Linguistics (Paperback))
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0826488781 ISBN 13: 9780826488787
Publisher: Continuum, 2006

Synopsis

This book presents a unique range of interdisciplinary work on questions of language development and evolution. It makes visible the significant contribution which meaning-oriented linguistics is making to debates about the origins of language - from the perspective of language evolution in the species as well as language development in the child. As well as linguistics in the systemic functional, or Hallidayan, tradition, the book offers contributions from primatology, psychiatry, sociology and education.

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About the Author

Geoff Williams is Head of the Department of Language and Literary Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Annabelle Lukin is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Language in Social Life, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Australia.

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Publisher
Continuum
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0826488781
ISBN 13 
9780826488787
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
278
Editor
Williams Geoff

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