Bio-Linguistics: The Santa Barbara lectures

Thomas Givon

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Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and cultural evolution

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1. Preface 2. 1. Language as a biological adaptation 3. 2. The bounds of generativity and the adaptive basis of variation 4. 3. The demise of competence 5. 4. Human language as an evolutionary product 6. 5. An evolutionary account of language processing rates 7. 6. The diachronic foundations of language universals 8. 7. The neuro-cognitive interpretation of 'context': Anticipating other minds 9. 8. The grammar of the narrator's perspective in fiction 10. 9. The society of intimates 11. 10. On the ontology of academic negativity 12. Epilogue: Joseph Greenberg as a theorist 13. Bibliography 14. Index

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