The prehistory of language /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
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| Description: | xviii, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the evolution of language ; 11 Oxford linguistics [Oxford linguistics]. Studies in the evolution of language ; 11. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7776754 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Rewards and Challenges of Multi-perspectival Work on the Evolution of Language and Speech
- 2. Why Only Humans Have Language
- 3. Is Sociality a Crucial Prerequisite for the Emergence of Language?
- 4. Holistic Communication and the Co-evolution of Language and Music: Resurrecting an Old Idea
- 5. Music as a Communicative Medium
- 6. Cultural Niche construction: Evolution's Cradle of Language
- 7. Playing With Meaning: Normative Function and Structure in Play
- 8. The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Non-verbal Deixis
- 9. The Directed Scratch: Evidence for a Referential Gesture in Chimpanzees?
- 10. The Origins of the Lexicon: How a Word-store Evolved
- 11. Language-symbolization and Beyond
- 12. Grammaticalization From a Biolinguistic Perspective
- 13. Recursion, Phonological Storage Capacity, and the Evolution of Modern Speech
- 14. Why Women Speak Better Than Men and its Significance for Evolution
- 15. Mosaic Neurobiology and Anatomical Plausibility
- References
- Index
