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Selfish Sounds and Linguistic Evolution A Darwinian Approach to Language Change

Selfish Sounds and Linguistic Evolution A Darwinian Approach to Language Change
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  • ISBN-13: 9780521826716
  • ISBN: 0521826713
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

AUTHOR

Ritt, Nikolaus

SUMMARY

This book takes an exciting new perspective on language change, by explaining it in terms of Darwin's evolutionary theory. Nikolaus Ritt shows how the constituents of language can be regarded as mental patterns, or 'memes', which copy themselves from one brain to another when communication and language acquisition take place.Ritt, Nikolaus is the author of 'Selfish Sounds and Linguistic Evolution A Darwinian Approach to Language Change' with ISBN 9780521826716 and ISBN 0521826713.

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