Language, from a Biological Point of View
This collection of essays explores biolinguistics, the synthesis of linguistics and biology. Chapters offer an overview of forefront research into language structure, development, the brain, and evolution, highlighting both exciting prospects and obstacles.
This book offers practical advice for translators, combining linguistics and natural sciences to address mistranslated nature terminology. It helps find suitable equivalents and shows when overspecification or domestication is justified and when it becomes an error.