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The Interactional Instinct the Evolution and Acquisition of Language

Autor Namhee Lee, Lisa Mikesell, Anna Dina L Joaquin, Andrea W Mates, John H. Schumann
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 noi 2009
The Interactional Instinct explores the evolution of language from the theoretical view that language could have emerged without a biologically instantiated Universal Grammar. In the first part of the book, the authors speculate that a hominid group with a lexicon of about 600 words could combine these items to make larger meanings. Combinations that are successfully produced, comprehended, and learned become part of the language. Any combination that is incompatible with human mental capacities is abandoned. The authors argue for the emergence of language structure through interaction constrained by human psychology and physiology. In the second part of the book, the authors argue that language acquisition is based on an "interactional instinct" that emotionally entrains the infant on caregivers. This relationship provides children with a motivational and attentional mechanism that ensures their acquisition of language. In adult second language acquisition, the interactional instinct is no longer operating, but in some individuals with sufficient aptitude and motivation, successful second-language acquisition can be achieved. The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780195384246
ISBN-10: 0195384245
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: 11 half tone, 7 line illustrations
Dimensiuni: 236 x 155 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Namhee Lee : Visiting Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Defense Language Institute Anna Dina L. Joaquin : doctoral student, Applied Linguistics, UCLA Lisa Mikesell : doctoral student, Applied Linguistics, UCLA Andrea W. Mates: doctoral student, Applied Linguistics, UCLA John H. Schumann : Professor of Applied Linguistics, UCLA