{"product_id":"9781118301753","title":"The Handbook of Language Emergence","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Handbooks in Linguistics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Handbook of Language Emergence\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrian MacWhinney | William O'Grady\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian MacWhinney\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Psychology, Computational Linguistics, and Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University. He has published extensively over many decades, and developed the Competition Model of first- and second-language acquisition, processing, and disorders, which shows how language learning emerges from forces operating on lexically-based patterns across divergent timeframes. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe CHILDES project: Tools for Analyzing Talk, 3rd Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (2000 and editor of \u003ci\u003eMechanisms of Language Acquisition\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) and \u003ci\u003eThe Emergence of Language\u003c\/i\u003e (1999).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam O’Grady\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii. He has undertaken extensive research in syntax and language acquisition, focusing more recently on the importance of processing for an understanding of how language works and how it is acquired. He is the author of numerous volumes including \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Grammar and Learning\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eSyntactic Development\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and \u003ci\u003eHow Children Learn Language\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). His book, \u003ci\u003eSyntactic Carpentry\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), sets out his ideas on the centrality of the processor in language acquisition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 March 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118301753\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e656\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377810370700,"sku":"9781118301753","price":208.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118301753_acd1e44e-4be8-4425-b1a1-4e52c6f89b56.jpg?v=1780282149","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118301753","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}