How New Languages Emerge

How New Languages Emerge
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9781139448956
ISBN-13 : 1139448951
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Book Synopsis How New Languages Emerge by : David Lightfoot

Download or read book How New Languages Emerge written by David Lightfoot and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New languages are constantly emerging, as existing languages diverge into different forms. To explain this fascinating process, we need to understand how languages change and how they emerge in children. In this pioneering study, David Lightfoot explains how languages come into being, arguing that children are the driving force. He explores how new systems arise, how they are acquired by children, and how adults and children play different, complementary roles in language change. Lightfoot makes an important distinction between 'external language' (language as it exists in the world), and 'internal language' (language as represented in an individual's brain). By examining the interplay between the two, he shows how children are 'cue-based' learners, who scan their external linguistic environment for new structures, making sense of the world outside in order to build their internal language. Engaging and original, this book offers an interesting account of language acquisition, variation and change.


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