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UNINA9910815995303321 |
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Titolo |
New essays on the origin of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jürgen Trabant, Sean Ward |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berlin, : New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2001 |
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Edizione |
[Reprint 2011] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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vi, 258 p. : ill. (some col.) |
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Collana |
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Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; ; 133 |
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; ; 133 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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TrabantJürgen |
WardSean <1963-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language and languages - Origin |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-255) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction: New perspectives on an old academic question -- Jiirgen Trabant 1 -- 1. Biological aspects of the question -- On the subcortical bases of the evolution of language -- Philip Lieberman 21 -- Origin of the human language faculty: the language amoeba hypothesis -- Eors Szathmdry 41 -- 2. The first language -- The apparent paradox of language evolution: can Universal Grammar be -- explained by adaptive selection? -- Manfred Bierwisch 55 -- Elementary forms of linguistic organisation -- Wolfgang Klein 81 -- From potential to realisation: an episode in the origin of language -- Bernard Comrie 103 -- Protothought had no logical names -- James R. Hurford 119 -- The birth of rules -- Jean Aitchison 133 -- How language changed the genes: toward an explicit account of the -- evolution of language -- Daniel Dor and Eva Jablonka 149 -- 3. Beyond biolinguistics -- The narration "instinct": signalling behaviour, communication, -- and the selective value of storytelling -- Volker Heeschen 179 -- Taxonomic controversies in the twentieth century -- Merritt Ruhlen 197 -- The origin of origins: a play in five acts, with a prologue -- im Himmel and an epilogue auf der Erde -- Henri Meschonnic 215 -- References 229 -- Index 257. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The contributions to this volume reflect the state of the art in the renewed discussion on the origin of language. Some of the most |
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