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Author Progovac, Ljiljana, author

Title Evolutionary syntax / Ljiljana Progovac
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Oxford studies in the evolution of language ; 20
Studies in the evolution of language ; 20.
Summary Ljiljana Progovac proposes a gradualist, adaptationist approach to the evolution of syntax, subject to natural selection. She also provides a specific framework for its study that combines the fields of evolutionary biology, theoretical syntax, typology, neuroscience and genetics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 24, 2015)
Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax -- History
Reconstruction (Linguistics)
Linguistic change.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
Linguistic change
Reconstruction (Linguistics)
Syntaxis.
Taalontwikkeling.
Ontwikkelingsmodellen.
Language.
Genre/Form Electronic books
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Form Electronic book
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