Tambov
All-Russian academic journal
“Issues of Cognitive Linguistics”

EVOLUTIONARY LINGUISTICS IN THE CONTEXT OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY

EVOLUTIONARY LINGUISTICS IN THE CONTEXT OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY


Author:  Natalia A. Abieva

Affiliation:  Herzen State Pedagogical University (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)

Abstract
The status in the cognitive paradigm of evolutionary linguistics dealing with the language acquisition by humans is discussed, as well as its goals and perspectives. It is stressed that evolutionary linguistic research is inseparable from investigations in communicative forms inherent to all livingsystems.

Keywords:  evolutionary linguistics, language acquisition and its evolution, biosemiotics, on-line communication, off-line communication

Pages:  125-135

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