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The Development of Language: Functional Perspectives on Species and Individuals
This book presents a unique range of interdisciplinary work on questions of language development and evolution.It makes visible the significant contribution which meaning-oriented linguistics is making to debates about the origins of language - from the perspective of language evolution in the species as well as language development in the child. As well as linguistics in the systemic functional, or Hallidayan, tradition, the book offers contributions from primatology, psychiatry, sociology and education.
279 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 28, 2004
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