The interactional instinct
Subtitle: the evolution and acquisition of language
By: Namhee Lee ... [et al.].
Contributors: Lee, Namhee, 1961-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780195384246; 9780195384239
Subjects: Language acquisition; Language and languages -- Origin; Social interaction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Grammar as a complex adaptive system; title: Evidence for language emergence; title: The implications of interaction for the nature of language; title: Interactional readiness : infant-caregiver interaction and the ubiquity of language acquisition; title: A neurobiology for the interactional instinct; title: The interactional instinct in first and second language acquisition; title: Broader implications of the interactional instinct.