Conceptualization, communication, and the origins of grammar
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Conceptualization, communication, and the origins of grammar - Origin and Evolution of Languages |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Frederick Newmeyer; University of Washington, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University; United States |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Linguistics; History of Languages |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | linguistics; origins of languages; evolution of languages |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics; P321-324.5 Etymology |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | The purpose of this paper is to defend the position that the evolutionary roots of grammar lie in conceptual structure. Pre-humans possessed a rich conceptual structure representing predicates and their accompanying arguments. I postulate that the evolutionary ‘event’ that underlies human language was the forging of a link between conceptual structures and the vocal output channel — in other words, the beginnings of grammar per se. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-May-2008 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | theoretical and empirical study; case studies |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/19028 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.19028 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Origin and Evolution of Languages |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) | global |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |