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Origins of Grammar: An Anthropological Perspective

 
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Origins of Grammar: An Anthropological Perspective
by Martin Edwardes
Paperback: 192 pages
Published: September 22, 2010
ISBN-10: 1441170987
ISBN-13: 978-1441170989

An important feature of human language grammar is that it seems to be unrepeated in nature; it does, therefore, seem to be a candidate for what differentiates us as a species. As an emergent capacity, however, it cannot be the whole story: the capacities from which it emerges must be more deeply implicated in our humanness than grammar itself.
Martin Edwardes has written a wonderfully clear book that sets out the central issues in linguistics that are pertinent to the evolution of grammar and brings them into contact with psychological and anthropological concerns. The style is accessible and will meet a broad audience but the thesis will set academics thinking, arguing and reaching for their pens.



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