The Genesis Of Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, Ontogeny, Neuro-cognition, Evolution
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| Published | August 28, 2008 |
| Authors | Thomas Givon |
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About The Genesis Of Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, Ontogeny, Neuro-cognition, Evolution
Complex hierarchic syntax is a hallmark of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some for a special status as the evolutionary apex of the uniquely - human language faculty - evolutionary yet mysteriously immune to Darwinian adaptive selection. ...