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Biolinguistic Investigations and the Formal Language Hierarchy book cover

1st Edition

Biolinguistic Investigations and the Formal Language Hierarchy

Edited By Juan Uriagereka Copyright 2018
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This volume collects some of Juan Uriagereka’s previously published pieces and presentations on biolinguistics in recent years in one comprehensive volume. The book’s introduction lays the foundation for the field of biolinguistics, which looks to integrate concepts from the natural sciences in the analysis of natural language, situating the discussion within the minimalist framework. The volume... Read more

1. Introduction





2. Minimalism (with Cedric Boeckx)





3. Minimalizing Language Evolution: The Minimalist Program and the Evolutionary Sharping of Language (with Victor M. Longa & Guillermo Lorenzo)





4. Clarifying the Notion "Parameter"





5. Regarding the Third Factor: Arguments for a CLASH Model





6. A Geneticist’s Dream, a Linguist’s Nightmare: The Case of FOXP2 (with Massimo Pittelli-Palmarini)





7. The Archaeological Record Speaks: Bridging Anthropology and Linguistics (with Sergio Balari, Antonio Benítez-Burraco, Marta Camps, Víctor M. Longa, & Guillermo Lorenzo)





8. A Framework for the Comparative Study of Language (with James A. Reggia & Gerald S. Wilkinson)





9. The Immune Syntax Revisited: Opening New Windows on Language Evolution (with Antonio Benitez-Burraco)





10. Epilogue, Prologue – or What?

Biography

Juan Uriagereka is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park. His previous publications include Spell-Out and the Minimalist Program (2012) and Derivations: Exploring the Dynamics of Syntax (2002).

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