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Evolutionary Syntax (Hardcover)
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Evolutionary Syntax (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language, 20
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In this book, Ljiljana Progovac proposes a gradualist,
adaptationist approach to the evolution of syntax, subject to
natural selection. She provides a specific framework for its study,
combining the fields of evolutionary biology, theoretical syntax,
typology, neuroscience, and genetics. The author pursues an
internal reconstruction of the stages of grammar based on the
syntactic theory associated with Chomskyan Minimalism and arrives
at specific, testable hypotheses, which are then corroborated by an
abundance of theoretically analysed 'living fossils' drawn from a
variety of languages. Her approach demonstrates that these fossil
structures do not just coexist alongside more modern structures,
but are in fact built into the very foundation of more complex
structures, leading to quirks and complexities that are suggestive
of a gradualist evolutionary scenario. By reconstructing a
particular path along which syntax evolved, Evolutionary Syntax
sheds light on the crucial properties of language design itself, as
well as on the major parameters of crosslinguistic variation. As a
result, this reconstruction can be meaningfully correlated with
both the hominin timeline and the ever-growing body of genetic
evidence that is available.
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