The Interactional Instinct: The Evolution and Acquisition of Language

by Lisa Mikesell (Contributor), Anna Dina L. Joaquin (Contributor), Andrea W. Mates (Contributor), Namhee Lee (Author), John H. Schumann (Contributor)

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  Illustrated
  2009

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  The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge. Its structure evolved phylo- genetically from interaction among speakers and is acquired through emotionally entrained interaction with conspecifics.