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portada Kaleidoscopic Grammar: Investigation Into the Nature of Binarism
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2009
Language
English
Pages
199
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
20.6x15x2.3 cm
Weight
0.42 kg.
ISBN
1443814466
ISBN13
9781443814461
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Kaleidoscopic Grammar: Investigation Into the Nature of Binarism

Junichi Toyota (Author) · Cambridge Scholars Publishing · Hardcover

Kaleidoscopic Grammar: Investigation Into the Nature of Binarism - Toyota, Junichi

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Synopsis "Kaleidoscopic Grammar: Investigation Into the Nature of Binarism"

This monograph deals with binary features in the evolution of human civilisation and cognition, with a particular focus on language. Our life is surrounded by various pairs of binary features, and this is termed binarism in this work. Binarism is pervasive, ranging from nature (biological) to culture (anthropological and archaeological) and, without a doubt, to language. Binarim serves as a good base for further development, and as a system becomes more complex, binarism is broken and more complex systems involving third or fourth options emerge. In the case of language, the earliest human language, as argued here, consisted only of nouns; however, these nouns had a distinction between active and inactive nouns. The active nouns referred to action or productivity, which later turned into verbs and inactive nouns stayed as nouns. It was during this period that language became equipped with a base to develop further with a distinction between noun and verb. This is the onset of various changes towards the complexity of modern languages, essentially, kaleidoscopic grammar. Various changes in language stem from binarism, and as languages evolve, the pairs such as noun v. verb are broken and a grammatical system in general becomes more complex. The importance of binarism is not restricted to language and it is a powerful tool in evolution at different levels. The pervasiveness of binarism is a specific feature that should not be overlooked in evolution as a whole.

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