The talking ape : how language evolved /

The talking ape : how language evolved /

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Author / Creator:Burling, Robbins.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 286 pages).
Language:English
Series:Studies in the evolution of language ; 5
Studies in the evolution of language ; 5.
Subject:
Language and languages -- Origin.
Linguistics.
Language and languages -- Origin.
Linguistics.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11218402
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ISBN:9780191535451
0191535451
0199214034
9780199214037
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9781429421904
9786610758210
6610758212
0191509183
9780191509186
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9781280758218
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Robbins Burling traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. He examines the qualities of mind and brain needed to support the operations of language; investigates the first links between signs, sounds, and meanings; explores the beginnings and prehistories of vocabulary and grammar; and connects work in field such as linguistics, evolutionary biology, and archaeology. And he does all this in a style that is. crystal-clear, constantly enlivened by wit and humour. - ;In this mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convi.
Other form:Print version: 9780199279401

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