Language Evolution and Developmental Impairments

by Arild Lian

Book Overview

This book gives an account of developmental language impairment from the perspective of language evolution. Components of language acquisition and specific language impairments can be mapped to stages in the evolutionary trajectory of language. Lian argues that the learning of procedural skills by early ancestors has served as pre-adaptation of grammar. The evolutionary perspective gives rise to a re-evaluation of developmental impairment with respect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349954551
• ISBN13: 9781349954551
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"