The Grammar of Genes - How the Genetic Code Resembles the Linguistic Code (Paperback, illustrated edition)

Mankind is the only speaking species on earth. Hence language is supposed to have a genetic basis, no matter whether it relies on general intelligence, or on a linguistic module. This study proposes that universal formal properties of the linguistic code emerged from the genetic code through duplication. The proportion of segmental duplication is clearly higher in the human genome than in any other species, and duplication took place 6 million years ago when humans separated from the other hominid branches. The evolution of language is therefore supposed to be a gradual process with a break. This book describes a lot of striking formal resemblances the genetic code and the linguistic code hold in common. The book aims to reconcile generative grammar with cognitive semiotics showing that both of them constitute instances of embodiment.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	European Semiotics: Language, Cognition, and Culture, 6
Release date:	September 2005
Authors:	Angel Lopez Garcia
Editors:	Per Aage Brandt • Wolfgang Wildgen • Barend Heusden
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	182
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8204-7171-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General
LSN:	0-8204-7171-2
Barcode:	9780820471716

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