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The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge. Its structure evolved phylo- genetically from interaction among speakers and is acquired through emotionally entrained interaction with conspecifics.

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Grammar as a Complex Adaptive System ; Evidence for Language Emergence ; The Implications of Interaction for the Nature of Language ; Interactional Readiness: Infant-Caregiver Interaction and the Ubiquity of Language Acquisition ; A neurobiology for the Interactional Instinct ; The Interactional Instinct in First and Second Language Acquisition ; Broader Implications of the Interactional Instinct

The Interactional Instinct The Evolution and Acquisition of Language

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    A Paperback by Andrea W Mates, Lisa Mikesell, Anna Dina L Joaquin

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
      Publication Date: 6/4/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780195384239, 978-0195384239
      ISBN10: 0195384237
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      Linguistics Cognition and cognitive psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge. Its structure evolved phylo- genetically from interaction among speakers and is acquired through emotionally entrained interaction with conspecifics.

      Table of Contents
      Grammar as a Complex Adaptive System ; Evidence for Language Emergence ; The Implications of Interaction for the Nature of Language ; Interactional Readiness: Infant-Caregiver Interaction and the Ubiquity of Language Acquisition ; A neurobiology for the Interactional Instinct ; The Interactional Instinct in First and Second Language Acquisition ; Broader Implications of the Interactional Instinct

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