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020 _a9781107358300 (ebook)
020 _z9781107043961 (hardback)
020 _z9781107619753 (paperback)
035 _a(UkCbUP)CR9781107358300
039 9 _y03-08-2017
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050 0 0 _aP204
_b.E88 2014
082 0 0 _a401
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100 1 _aEvans, Vyvyan,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Language Myth :
_bWhy Language Is Not an Instinct /
_cVyvyan Evans.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (318 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2017).
520 _aLanguage is central to our lives, the cultural tool that arguably sets us apart from other species. Some scientists have argued that language is innate, a type of unique human'instinct' pre-programmed in us from birth. In this book, Vyvyan Evans argues that this received wisdom is, in fact, a myth. Debunking the notion of a language'instinct', Evans demonstrates that language is related to other animal forms of communication; that languages exhibit staggering diversity; that we learn our mother tongue drawing on general properties and abilities of the human mind, rather than an inborn'universal' grammar; that language is not autonomous but is closely related to other aspects of our mental lives; and that, ultimately, language and the mind reflect and draw upon the way we interact with others in the world. Compellingly written and drawing on cutting-edge research, The Language Myth sets out a forceful alternative to the received wisdom, showing how language and the mind really work.
650 0 _aLinguistic universals
650 0 _aCognitive grammar
650 0 _aInnateness hypothesis (Linguistics)
650 0 _aPsycholinguistics
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
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856 4 0 _uhttps://eresourcesptsl.ukm.remotexs.co/user/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107358300
907 _a.b16440894
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_c2019-11-12
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