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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781094703321

Titolo

Becoming eloquent [[electronic resource] ] : advances in the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern cultures / / edited by Francesco d'Errico, Jean-Marie Hombert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2009

ISBN

1-282-44484-0

9786612444845

90-272-8871-2

Descrizione fisica

vi, 289 p

Altri autori (Persone)

D'ErricoFrancesco

HombertJean Marie

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Anthropological linguistics

Linguistic paleontology

Language and languages - Origin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Jean-Marie Hombert and Francesco d'Errico -- Language and archaeology -- From the origin of language to the diversification of languages : what can archaeology and palaeoanthropology say? / Francesco d'Errico ... [et al.] -- Early diffusion of domestic bovids in Europe : an indicator for human contacts, exchanges and migrations? / Anne Tresset ... [et al.] -- Language and genes -- Linguistic, cultural and genetic perspectives on human diversity in west-central Africa / Lolke van der Veen, Lluis Quintana-Murci and David Comas -- The Berber and the Berbers : genetic and linguistic diversities / Jean-Michel Dugoujon ... [et al.] -- East meets West : the Assam corridor / François Jacquesson -- Genetic and linguistic diversity in Central Asia / Evelyne Heyer and Philippe Mennecier -- Genetic and linguistic borders in the Himalayan Region / Thirsa Kraaijenbrink ... [et al.] -- Language acquisition and language universals -- From babbling to first words in four languages : common trends across languages and individual differences / Sophie Kern, Barbara Davis and Inge Zink -- Language and animal communication -- The primate roots of human language :



primate vocal behaviour and cognition in the wild / Klaus Zuberbühler ... [et al.] -- Language evolution and computer modeling -- Can agent-based language evolution contribute to archeology? / Luc Steels -- Index.