{"product_id":"language-evolution","title":"Language Evolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new four-volume collection, part of Routledge’s Critical Concepts in Linguistics series, assembles the most important scholarly writings concerning the biological evolution of language, particularly those incorporating a Darwinian view of evolution. Including excerpts from ancient sources such as the Bible, Plato, and Aristotle, along with classical sources like Condillac, Rousseau, and Herder, \u003cem\u003eLanguage Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e provides an overview of the intensive debate on language evolution following the publication of Darwin’s \u003cem\u003eOrigin of Species\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also outlines each of the major conceptions of protolanguage and examines the evolution of our human capacity for speech, as well as focusing on the modern (mostly post-1990) literature attempting to reconcile the Chomskyean approach to linguistics with a Darwinian evolutionary viewpoint. In addition, it incorporates the new insights and approaches based on computer modelling, which have played a growing role in the recent literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an important resource for those scholars interested in possessing a deeper, historically informed overview of the immense literature on this topic. The collection will also, of course, provide unified and ready access to a selection of the most important papers from the 1990s onward. It is supplemented with a full index, and includes an introduction to each volume, newly written by the editors, which places the assembled materials in their historical and intellectual context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45541901238510,"sku":"9780415679152","price":1848.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415679152.jpg?v=1720116429","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/language-evolution","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}