How new languages emerge

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David Lightfoot explains how languages come into being, arguing that children are the driving force. He explores how new systems arise, how they are acquired by children, and how adults and children play different complementary roles in language change.

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Full title :How new languages emerge / David W. Lightfoot.

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Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, U.K
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 199 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

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ISBN:9780521859134, 0521859131, 9780521676298, 0521676290
oclc:ocm60743103
LC Classification:P142
Dewey Decimal:417/.7

1. Internal languages and the outside world -- 2. Traditional language change -- 3. Some properties of language organs -- 4. Languages emerging in children -- 5. New E-language cuing new I-languages -- 6. Use and variation of grammars -- 7. The eruption of new grammars -- 8. A new historical linguistics.

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17.12 origins of language Cambio lingüístico Changement linguistique Grammatikalisation Langage -- Acquisition Language acquisition Language and languages -- Variation Language Development Lenguaje -- Adquisición Lenguaje -- Origen Linguistic change Spracherwerb Sprachwandel Taalgenese Taalverandering Variation linguistique