The Genesis of Grammar

The Genesis of Grammar
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 437
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ISBN-13 : 9780199227761
ISBN-10 : 0199227764
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Book Synopsis The Genesis of Grammar by : Bernd Heine

Download or read book The Genesis of Grammar written by Bernd Heine and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reconstructs what the earliest grammars might have been and shows how they could have led to the languages of modern humankind. It considers whether these languages derive from a single ancestral language; what the structure of language was when it first evolved; and how the properties associated with modern human languages first arose.


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