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Titolo |
The cradle of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-26861-9 |
9786612268618 |
0-19-156767-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (417 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in the evolution of language ; ; 12 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BothaRudolf P |
KnightChris <1942-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language and languages - Origin |
Historical linguistics - Africa |
Anthropological linguistics - Africa |
Sociolinguistics - Africa |
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Africa Languages |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; List of plates; List of maps; List of abbreviations; Notes on the contributors; 1. Introduction: perspectives on the evolution of language in Africa; 2. Earliest personal ornaments and their significance for the origin of language debate; 3. Reading the artifacts: gleaning language skills from the Middle Stone Age in southern Africa; 4. Red ochre, body painting, and language: interpreting the Blombos ochre; 5. Theoretical underpinnings of inferences about language evolution: the syntax used at Blombos Cave |
6. Fossil cues to the evolution of speech7. Evidence against a genetic-based revolution in language 50,000 years ago; 8. A "language-free" explanation for differences between the European Middle and Upper Paleolithic Record; 9. Diversity in languages, genes, and the language faculty; 10. How varied typologically are the languages of Africa?; 11. What click languages can and can't tell us about language origins; 12. |
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Social origins: sharing, exchange, kinship; 13. As well as words: Congo Pygmy hunting, mimicry, and play |
14. Sexual selection models for the emergence of symbolic communication: why they should be reversed15. Language, ochre, and the rule of law; References; Index; Contents: The Prehistory of Language |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved in Africa. Internationally renowned scholars address the fossil, genetic, and archaeological evidence and critically examine the ways it has been interpreted. - ;This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved in Africa. Scholars from around the world address the fossil, genetic, and archaeologica |
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