04010nam 2200709Ia 450 991045486250332120200520144314.01-282-26861-997866122686180-19-156767-1(CKB)1000000000788802(EBL)453564(OCoLC)437400140(SSID)ssj0000131689(PQKBManifestationID)11142489(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131689(PQKBWorkID)10027689(PQKB)10429229(MiAaPQ)EBC453564(Au-PeEL)EBL453564(CaPaEBR)ebr10329701(CaONFJC)MIL226861(EXLCZ)99100000000078880220081009d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe cradle of language[electronic resource] /edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris KnightOxford Oxford University Press20091 online resource (417 p.)Studies in the evolution of language ;12Description based upon print version of record.0-19-954586-3 0-19-954585-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Cave6. 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. Social origins: sharing, exchange, kinship; 13. As well as words: Congo Pygmy hunting, mimicry, and play14. 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 LanguageThis 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 archaeologicaStudies in the evolution of language ;12.Language and languagesOriginHistorical linguisticsAfricaAnthropological linguisticsAfricaSociolinguisticsAfricaAfricaLanguagesElectronic books.Language and languagesOrigin.Historical linguisticsAnthropological linguisticsSociolinguistics409.6Botha Rudolf P162684Knight Chris1942-621899MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454862503321The cradle of language2142950UNINA