Language Evolution and Developmental Impairments (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book gives an account of developmental language impairment from the perspective of language evolution. Components of language acquisition and specific language impairments can be mapped to stages in the evolutionary trajectory of language. Lian argues that the learning of procedural skills by early ancestors has served as pre-adaptation of grammar. The evolutionary perspective gives rise to a re-evaluation of developmental impairment with respect to diagnostic terminology and methods of treatment. Chapters within cover topics such as dyslexia, the cultural mediation of language evolution and the cross-modality of language. Turn-taking in marmoset monkeys is considered as a pre-adaptation to dialogue in humans, and the role of infant-caregiver interactions is discussed. Language Evolution and Developmental Impairments will be of interest to linguists, psychologists and neurobiologists interested in the intersection of these subjects, as well as scholars of language acquisition and language impairment.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Arild Lian
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	306
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-58745-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Child & developmental psychology Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-58745-8
Barcode:	9781137587459

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