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The prehistory of language

The prehistory of language (Loan 4 times)

Material type
단행본
Personal Author
Knight, Chris , 1942- Botha, Rudolf P.
Title Statement
The prehistory of language / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight.
Publication, Distribution, etc
Oxford ;   New York :   Oxford University Press ,   2009.  
Physical Medium
xviii, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Oxford linguistics
ISBN
0199545871 (cased) 9780199545889 (pbk.) 019954588X (pbk.) 9780199545872 (cased)
Content Notes
Introduction: Rewards and challenges of multi-perspectival work on the evolution of language and speech / Rudolf Botha -- Why only humans have language / Robin Dunbar -- Is sociality a crucial prerequisite for the emergence of language? / Luc Steels -- Holistic communication and the co-evolution of language and music : resurrecting an old idea / Steven Mithen -- Music as a communicative medium / Ian Cross and Ghofur Eliot Woodruff -- Cultural niche construction : evolution's cradle of language / John Odling-Smee and Kevin N. Laland -- Playing with meaning : normative function and structure in play / Sonia Ragir and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh -- The ontogeny and phylogeny of non-verbal deixis / David A. Leavens, Timothy P. Racine, and William D. Hopkins -- The directed scratch : evidence for a referential gesture in chimpanzees? / Simone Pika and John C. Mitani -- The origins of the lexicon : how a word-store evolved / Maggie Tallerman -- Language : symbolization and beyond / Eric Reuland -- Grammaticalization from a biolinguistic perspective / Elly van Gelderen -- Recursion, phonological storage capacity, and the evolution of modern speech / Frederick L. Coolidge and Thomas Wynn -- Why women speak better than men (and its significance for evolution) / Bart de Boer -- Mosaic neurobiology and anatomical plausibility / Wendy K. Wilkins.
Bibliography, Etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-334) and index.
Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
Language and languages -- Origin. Anthropological linguistics. Historical linguistics.
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504 ▼a Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-334) and index.
505 0 0 ▼g Introduction: ▼t Rewards and challenges of multi-perspectival work on the evolution of language and speech / ▼r Rudolf Botha -- ▼t Why only humans have language / ▼r Robin Dunbar -- ▼t Is sociality a crucial prerequisite for the emergence of language? / ▼r Luc Steels -- ▼t Holistic communication and the co-evolution of language and music : resurrecting an old idea / ▼r Steven Mithen -- ▼t Music as a communicative medium / ▼r Ian Cross and Ghofur Eliot Woodruff -- ▼t Cultural niche construction : evolution's cradle of language / ▼r John Odling-Smee and Kevin N. Laland -- ▼t Playing with meaning : normative function and structure in play / ▼r Sonia Ragir and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh -- ▼t The ontogeny and phylogeny of non-verbal deixis / ▼r David A. Leavens, Timothy P. Racine, and William D. Hopkins -- ▼t The directed scratch : evidence for a referential gesture in chimpanzees? / ▼r Simone Pika and John C. Mitani -- ▼t The origins of the lexicon : how a word-store evolved / ▼r Maggie Tallerman -- ▼t Language : symbolization and beyond / ▼r Eric Reuland -- ▼t Grammaticalization from a biolinguistic perspective / ▼r Elly van Gelderen -- ▼t Recursion, phonological storage capacity, and the evolution of modern speech / ▼r Frederick L. Coolidge and Thomas Wynn -- ▼t Why women speak better than men (and its significance for evolution) / ▼r Bart de Boer -- ▼t Mosaic neurobiology and anatomical plausibility / ▼r Wendy K. Wilkins.
650 0 ▼a Language and languages ▼x Origin.
650 0 ▼a Anthropological linguistics.
650 0 ▼a Historical linguistics.
700 1 ▼a Knight, Chris , ▼d 1942-
700 1 ▼a Botha, Rudolf P.
830 0 ▼a Studies in the evolution of language ; ▼v 11.
830 0 ▼a Oxford linguistics.
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