The interactional instinct : the evolution and acquisition of language / Namhee Lee ... [et al.]. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - vi, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-222).

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 primary- and second-language acquisition -- Conclusion : Broader implications of the interactional instinct.

9780195384246 (hbk.) 0195384245 (hbk.) 9780195384239 (pbk.) 0195384237 (pbk.)

2008036807


Language acquisition.
Language and languages--Origin.
Social interaction.

P118 / .I493 2009

401.93 INT