04191nam 22007334a 450 991046536230332120200520144314.00-19-954588-X1-282-26879-10-19-156287-49786612268793(CKB)2560000000295479(EBL)453565(OCoLC)437400157(SSID)ssj0000226423(PQKBManifestationID)11200479(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226423(PQKBWorkID)10258371(PQKB)11036406(StDuBDS)EDZ0000076067(MiAaPQ)EBC453565(Au-PeEL)EBL453565(CaPaEBR)ebr10329641(CaONFJC)MIL226879(EXLCZ)99256000000029547920090722d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe prehistory of language[electronic resource] /edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris KnightOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (368 p.)Studies in the evolution of language ;11Oxford linguisticsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-954587-1 0-19-172036-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-334) and index.Introduction:Rewards and challenges of multi-perspectival work on the evolution of language and speech /Rudolf Botha --Why only humans have language /Robin Dunbar --Is sociality a crucial prerequisite for the emergence of language? /Luc Steels --Holistic communication and the co-evolution of language and music : resurrecting an old idea /Steven Mithen --Music as a communicative medium /Ian Cross and Ghofur Eliot Woodruff --Cultural niche construction : evolution's cradle of language /John Odling-Smee and Kevin N. Laland --Playing with meaning : normative function and structure in play /Sonia Ragir and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh --The ontogeny and phylogeny of non-verbal deixis /David A. Leavens, Timothy P. Racine, and William D. Hopkins --The directed scratch : evidence for a referential gesture in chimpanzees? /Simone Pika and John C. Mitani --The origins of the lexicon : how a word-store evolved /Maggie Tallerman --Language : symbolization and beyond /Eric Reuland --Grammaticalization from a biolinguistic perspective /Elly van Gelderen --Recursion, phonological storage capacity, and the evolution of modern speech /Frederick L. Coolidge and Thomas Wynn --Why women speak better than men (and its significance for evolution) /Bart de Boer --Mosaic neurobiology and anatomical plausibility /Wendy K. Wilkins.Prominent linguists, cognitive scientists, archaeologists, primatologists, anthropologists, and natural scientists examine issues and advances in understanding language evolution, ranging from the co-evolution of language and music to the evolutionary biology of language. An important and stylish contribution to a fascinating area of research. - ;'When, why, and how did language evolve?' 'Why do only humans have language?' This book looks at these and other questions about the origins and evolution of language. It does so via a rich diversity of perspectives, including social, cultural, archaeStudies in the evolution of language ;11.Oxford linguistics.Historical linguisticsLanguage and languagesOriginAnthropological linguisticsTaalgenesegttElectronic books.Historical linguistics.Language and languagesOrigin.Anthropological linguistics.Taalgenese.417/.717.12bclBotha Rudolf P162684Knight Chris1942-621899MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465362303321The prehistory of language2193812UNINA