The nature of grammar, its role in language and its evolutionary origins
Grammar is more than just order and hierarchy; it is a way of expressing complex multidimensional schemas in one dimension. The need to communicate these schemas is the concern of language, but how they are communicated is the concern of grammar. Because grammar does not necessarily rely on the pree...
Main Author: | Edwardes, Martin Peter James |
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University of East London
2007
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487415 |
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