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Interactional Instinct : The Evolution and Acquisition of Language by Namhee Lee, Anna Dina L. Joaquin, John H. Schumann, Lisa Mikesell and Andrea W. Mates (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195384237
ISBN-139780195384239
eBay Product ID (ePID)70904474
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameInteractional Instinct : the Evolution and Acquisition of Language
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSocial Psychology, Linguistics / General
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Psychology
AuthorNamhee Lee, Anna Dina L. Joaquin, John H. Schumann, Lisa Mikesell, Andrea W. Mates
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.1 Oz
Item Length6.1 in
Item Width9.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2008-036807
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal401/.93
Table Of Content1. Grammar as a Complex Adaptive System2. Evidence for Language Emergence3. The Implications of Interaction for the Nature of Language4. Interactional Readiness: Infant-Caregiver Interaction and the Ubiquity of Language Acquisition5. A neurobiology for the Interactional Instinct6. The Interactional Instinct in First and Second Language Acquisition7. Broader Implications of the Interactional Instinct
SynopsisThe Interactional Instinct explores the evolution of language from the theoretical view that language could have emerged without a biologically instantiated Universal Grammar. In the first part of the book, the authors speculate that a hominid group with a lexicon of about 600 words could combine these items to make larger meanings. Combinations that are successfully produced, comprehended, and learned become part of the language. Any combination that is incompatible with human mental capacities is abandoned. The authors argue for the emergence of language structure through interaction constrained by human psychology and physiology. In the second part of the book, the authors argue that language acquisition is based on an "interactional instinct" that emotionally entrains the infant on caregivers. This relationship provides children with a motivational and attentional mechanism that ensures their acquisition of language. In adult second language acquisition, the interactional instinct is no longer operating, but in some individuals with sufficient aptitude and motivation, successful second-language acquisition can be achieved. The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge., The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge. Its structure evolved phylo- genetically from interaction among speakers and is acquired through emotionally entrained interaction with conspecifics., The Interactional Instinct explores the evolution of language from the theoretical view that language could have emerged without a biologically instantiated Universal Grammar. In the first part of the book, the authors speculate that a hominid group with a lexicon of about 600 words could combine these items to make larger meanings. Combinations that are successfully produced, comprehended, and learned become part of the language. Any combination that is incompatible with human mental capacities is abandoned. The authors argue for the emergence of language structure through interaction constrained by human psychology and physiology.In the second part of the book, the authors argue that language acquisition is based on an "interactional instinct" that emotionally entrains the infant on caregivers. This relationship provides children with a motivational and attentional mechanism that ensures their acquisition of language. In adult second language acquisition, the interactional instinct is no longer operating, but in some individuals with sufficient aptitude and motivation, successful second-language acquisition can be achieved.The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge.
LC Classification NumberP118.I493 2009
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