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[Functions of Language 26:1] 2019
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The evolutionary origins of interpersonal grammar

| Aarhus University
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Functional and usage-based linguistics and the evolution of interpersonal grammar
  • 3.The performative semiotic and the evolution of interpersonal grammar
    • 3.1On the “shape” of interpersonal grammar
    • 3.2A possible phylogeny for the modes of expression of interpersonal grammar
  • 4.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References


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Published online: 27 May 2019
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