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James R. Hurford

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16

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1974

Active since

Affiliations

University of Edinburgh(Current)

James R. Hurford is an author at University of Edinburgh specializing in language studies, linguistics, and psycholinguistics.

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LanguageLinguisticsSyntaxPsycholinguisticsPhilosophy Of LanguageGrammarSemanticsLanguage AcquisitionLanguage LearningHistorical Linguistics

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1974–2007

18

Publications

18

Approaches to the Evolution of Language

Philip Lieberman, James R. Hurford, Michael Studdert‐Kennedy et al. · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute · 1999 · 473 citations

Applied Linguistics, Philosophy Of Language, Language Ecology +8

Biological evolution of the Saussurean sign as a component of the language acquisition device

James R. Hurford · Lingua · 1989 · 349 citations

Saussurean Sign, Sign Language, Cognitive Science +11

The evolution of the critical period for language acquisition

James R. Hurford · Cognition · 1991 · 290 citations

Second Language Acquisition, Language Evolution, Language Development +7

The Origins of Meaning. Language in the Light of Evolution

James R. Hurford · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) · 2007 · 247 citations

Cognitive Linguistics, Philosophy Of Language, Language Experience +10

The Linguistic Theory of Numerals

William R. Merrifield, James R. Hurford · Language · 1977 · 191 citations

Preface 1, Philosophy Of Language, Syntax +11

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