{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-language-emergence-9781119075387","title":"The Handbook of Language Emergence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis authoritative handbook explores the latest integrated theory for understanding human language, offering the most inclusive text yet published on the rapidly evolving emergentist paradigm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together an international team of contributors, including the most prominent advocates of linguistic emergentism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the ways in which the learning, processing, and structure of language emerge from a competing set of cognitive, communicative, and biological constraints\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines forces on widely divergent timescales, from instantaneous neurolinguistic processing to historical changes and language evolution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses key theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues, making this handbook the most rigorous examination of emergentist linguistic theory ever\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William O'Grady\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.70w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781119075387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBrian MacWhinney\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Psychology, Computational Linguistics, and Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University. He has developed the Competition Model of first- and second-language acquisition, which shows how learning and processing emerge from competing patterns across divergent language levels and timeframes. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe CHILDES project: Tools for Analyzing Talk, 3\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e Edition\u003c\/em\u003e (2000) and editor of \u003cem\u003eMechanisms of Language Acquisition\u003c\/em\u003e (1987) and \u003cem\u003eThe Emergence of Language\u003c\/em\u003e (1999). He is also the creator of the TalkBank system for spoken language data-sharing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam O'Grady\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has undertaken extensive research in syntax and language acquisition, focusing on the idea that linguistic phenomena are best understood in terms of the interaction of more basic factors and forces, especially processing cost. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including \u003cem\u003eSyntactic Carpentry\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), in which he first set out his ideas on the centrality of the processor to the study of syntax and language acquisition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40689472798835,"sku":"9.78112E+12","price":105.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_83b9e8ea-2716-4665-b4e2-e6bf8847b954.jpg?v=1675266082","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-handbook-of-language-emergence-9781119075387","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}