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UNINA9910778811603321 |
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Titolo |
The biology of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stanisław Puppel |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-42393-6 |
9786613423931 |
90-272-7424-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (310 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Biolinguistics |
Language and languages - Origin |
Historical linguistics |
Human evolution |
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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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"Papers presented and discussed at an international symposium held in December of 1988 at Czerniejewo, near Poznań, Poland"--Pref. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chimps, children, and creoles : the need for caution / Jean Aichison -- Some problems with an evolutionary view of written language / David Barton -- Essentialism in language / Bernard H. Bichakjian -- The invention of the syllable : reflections of a humanist on the biology of language / Robert Payson Creed -- Genetic classification and the historical method / Angela Della Volpe -- Animal communication and human language : searching for their evolutionary relationship / Gábor Györi -- From proto-language to grammar / Martin Hildebrand-Nilshon -- The biological imperatives in communicative interaction / Mary Ritchie Key -- Ritual/representation as the semiogenetic precursor of hominid symbol use / Jo Liska -- Language acquisition and the essentialist-evolutionist debate / David J. Messer -- Group selection in the biocultural evolution of language : fate of the Neandertals revisited / Richard G. Milo and Duane Quiatt -- The biology of language / Harvey B. Sarles -- A possibility of quantum evolution of language / Włodzimierz Sedlak -- Biological and cultural factors in the evolution of language / David Smillie. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume brings together 15 papers on the evolution and origin of language. The authors approach the subject from various angles, exploring biological, cultural, psychological and linguistic factors. A wide variety of topics is discussed, such as animal communication, language acquisition, the essentialist-evolutionist debate, and genetic classification. |
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