The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, Ontogeny, Neuro-cognition, Evolution Thomas Givon photograph

The Genesis Of Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, Ontogeny, Neuro-cognition, Evolution Thomas Givon

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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 Thomas Givon


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. ...

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