The Interactional Instinct

The Evolution and Acquisition of Language

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
Cover of the book The Interactional Instinct by Namhee Lee, Lisa Mikesell, Anna Dina L. Joaquin, John H. Schumann, Andrea W. Mates, Oxford University Press
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Author: Namhee Lee, Lisa Mikesell, Anna Dina L. Joaquin, John H. Schumann, Andrea W. Mates ISBN: 9780199888832
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: May 21, 2009
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Namhee Lee, Lisa Mikesell, Anna Dina L. Joaquin, John H. Schumann, Andrea W. Mates
ISBN: 9780199888832
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: May 21, 2009
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

The Interactional Instinct explores the evolution of language from the theoretical view that language could have emerged without a biologically instantiated Universal Grammar. In the first part of the book, the authors speculate that a hominid group with a lexicon of about 600 words could combine these items to make larger meanings. Combinations that are successfully produced, comprehended, and learned become part of the language. Any combination that is incompatible with human mental capacities is abandoned. The authors argue for the emergence of language structure through interaction constrained by human psychology and physiology. In the second part of the book, the authors argue that language acquisition is based on an "interactional instinct" that emotionally entrains the infant on caregivers. This relationship provides children with a motivational and attentional mechanism that ensures their acquisition of language. In adult second language acquisition, the interactional instinct is no longer operating, but in some individuals with sufficient aptitude and motivation, successful second-language acquisition can be achieved. 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.

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The Interactional Instinct explores the evolution of language from the theoretical view that language could have emerged without a biologically instantiated Universal Grammar. In the first part of the book, the authors speculate that a hominid group with a lexicon of about 600 words could combine these items to make larger meanings. Combinations that are successfully produced, comprehended, and learned become part of the language. Any combination that is incompatible with human mental capacities is abandoned. The authors argue for the emergence of language structure through interaction constrained by human psychology and physiology. In the second part of the book, the authors argue that language acquisition is based on an "interactional instinct" that emotionally entrains the infant on caregivers. This relationship provides children with a motivational and attentional mechanism that ensures their acquisition of language. In adult second language acquisition, the interactional instinct is no longer operating, but in some individuals with sufficient aptitude and motivation, successful second-language acquisition can be achieved. 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.

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