Language evolution
Subtitle: the view from restricted linguistic systems
By: edited by Rudolf Botha and Henriette de Swart
Series: Occasional series / Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap -- 10; Occasional series (Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap) -- 10.
Publisher: LOT
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Utrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9789078328780
Subjects: Language and languages; Origin; Pidgin languages; Second language acquisition
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What are windows on language evolution?  -- Rudolf Botha; title: The emergence of temporality: from restricted linguistic systems to early human language  -- Sandra Benazzo; title: Negation in early L2: a window on language genesis  -- Henriëtte de Swart; title: The creation of pidgins as a possible window on language evolution  -- Paul T. Roberge; title: The genesis of grammar: on combining nouns  -- Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva; title: Functional categories: an evolutionary perspective  -- Pieter Muysken; title: Do mouths sign? Do hands speak?: echo phonology as a window on language genesis -- Bencie Woll.