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.