Selfish sounds and linguistic evolution a Darwinian approach to language change
This book takes an exciting new perspective on language change, by explaining it in terms of Darwin's evolutionary theory. Nikolaus Ritt shows how the constituents of language can be regarded as mental patterns, or 'memes', which copy themselves from one brain to another when communic...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge
2004.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38386756*spi |
| Sumario: | This book takes an exciting new perspective on language change, by explaining it in terms of Darwin's evolutionary theory. Nikolaus Ritt shows how the constituents of language can be regarded as mental patterns, or 'memes', which copy themselves from one brain to another when communication and language acquisition take place. |
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| Descripción Física: | xi, 329 p. : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 313-322) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780511193750 9780521826716 9780511195822 9780511194498 9780511195167 9780511486449 9781280477768 9786610477760 |
