Screen LibraryThe evolutionary emergence of language : evidence and inference /
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Oxford University Press ,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Oxford linguistics
Oxford studies in the evolution of language ; 17 |
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http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=1cde129bcc784faf874c4420bf3d88e0 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xviii, 334 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-323) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191626470 |
| CLC: | H0-09 |
| Contents: |
Introduction: evidence and inference in the study of language evolution / What is special about the human language faculty and how did it get that way? / Language has evolved to depend on multiple-cue integration / Homesign as a way-station between co-speech gesture and sign language: the evolution of segmentation and sequencing / Kin selection, pedagogy, and linguistic complexity: whence protolanguage? / Neanderthal linguistic abilities: an alternative view / The archaeology of number concept and its implications for the evolution of language / The evolution of semantics: sharing conceptual domains / Exploring the gaps between primate calls and human language / Talking about the apes, birds, bees, and other living creatures: language evolution in light of comparative animal behaviour / FoxP2 and deep homology in the evolution of birdsong and human language / Genetics, evolution, and the innateness of language / |