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BL
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711952
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b534141
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| Main Entry
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Hurford, James R
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| Title & Author
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The origins of grammar /\ James R. Hurford
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, c2012
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| Series Statement
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Language in the light of evolution;; 2
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Studies in the evolution of language
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xiii, 791 p. :: ill. ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0199207879
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: 9780199207879
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-766) and index
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| Contents
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Part I. Pre-Grammar: 1. Animal syntax? implications for language as behaviour; 2. First shared lexicon -- Part II. What Evolved: 3. Syntax in the light of evolution; 4. What evolved: language learning capacity; 5. What evolved : languages -- Part III. What Happened: 6. The pre-existing platform; 7. Gene-language coevolution; 8. One word, two words, . . .; 9. Grammaticalization
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Grammar, Comparative and general-- History
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Historical linguistics
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Language and languages-- Origin
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| LC Classification
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P116.H87 2012
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