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How New Languages Emerge

BuchGebunden
212 Seiten
Englisch
Cambridge University Presserschienen am25.07.2007
New languages are constantly emerging, as existing languages diverge into different forms. To explain this fascinating process, we need to understand how languages change and how they emerge in children. In this pioneering study, David Lightfoot explains how languages come into being, arguing that children are the driving force. He explores how new systems arise, how they are acquired by children, and how adults and children play different, complementary roles in language change. Lightfoot makes an important distinction between 'external language' (language as it exists in the world), and 'internal language' (language as represented in an individual's brain). By examining the interplay between the two, he shows how children are 'cue-based' learners, who scan their external linguistic environment for new structures, making sense of the world outside in order to build their internal language. Engaging and original, this book offers an interesting account of language acquisition, variation and change.mehr
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KlappentextNew languages are constantly emerging, as existing languages diverge into different forms. To explain this fascinating process, we need to understand how languages change and how they emerge in children. In this pioneering study, David Lightfoot explains how languages come into being, arguing that children are the driving force. He explores how new systems arise, how they are acquired by children, and how adults and children play different, complementary roles in language change. Lightfoot makes an important distinction between 'external language' (language as it exists in the world), and 'internal language' (language as represented in an individual's brain). By examining the interplay between the two, he shows how children are 'cue-based' learners, who scan their external linguistic environment for new structures, making sense of the world outside in order to build their internal language. Engaging and original, this book offers an interesting account of language acquisition, variation and change.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-521-85913-4
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2007
Erscheinungsdatum25.07.2007
Seiten212 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 157 mm, Höhe 235 mm, Dicke 17 mm
Gewicht504 g
Artikel-Nr.14057994

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; 1. Internal languages and the outside world; 2. Traditional language change; 3. Some properties of language organs; 4. Languages emerging in children; 5. New E-language cuing new I-languages; 6. The use and variation of grammars; 7. The eruption of new grammars; 8. A new historical linguistics; References; Index.mehr