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Origin and Evolution of Languages - Approaches, Models, Paradigms (Hardcover)
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Origin and Evolution of Languages - Approaches, Models, Paradigms (Hardcover)
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"Origin and Evolution of Languages" has a strong interdisciplinary
flavour designed to highlight the true complexity of the debates in
the field. Many of the models and theories conjectured can only
receive their validation from a convergence of arguments developed
across disciplines. The book underscores this dimension by
including contribution from disciplines that have been wary,
traditionally, of extending beyond their borders: linguistics
(different branches thereof), philosophy, history and prehistory,
archaeology, anthropology, genetics, computer-modelling. The
presentation is intended to encompass both the agreements and
disjunctures characteristic of the field and insisted on laying
open propositions that clearly differ from, possibly even enter
into contradiction with one another. While several teams of
researchers active in the fields of genetics, linguistics,
anthropology and archaeology have come up with new proposals in
favor of the "New Synthesis," many competing hypotheses and models
continue to be explored in areal linguistics, language contact,
wave-like diffusion. On the anthropological scene, criticisms of
the monogenetic model have set up new debates and
counter-arguments. Approaching the issue of the origin and
evolution of human languages within a Darwinian paradigm remains
problematic. On the archaeological scene, not all reconstructions
are proving compatible with current models for the circulation of
techniques, myths and cultures. On the linguistic scene, raising
again the issue of the origin/evolution of humankind and of
languages in an evolutionary, cognitive, social and cultural
perspective or in terms of generational transmission and
acquisition, may induce a reconsideration of linguistic theories in
search of universals as well as most theories of change and
variation. All contributors are world-renowned experts in their
domain.
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