02982nam 2200673Ia 450 991078470800332120230721030921.01-281-34132-097866113413290-19-152865-X(CKB)1000000000406322(EBL)415931(OCoLC)458705682(SSID)ssj0000216397(PQKBManifestationID)11197416(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216397(PQKBWorkID)10214812(PQKB)11068163(SSID)ssj0001038738(PQKBManifestationID)12491490(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001038738(PQKBWorkID)11050633(PQKB)11558903(MiAaPQ)EBC415931(Au-PeEL)EBL415931(CaPaEBR)ebr10218545(CaONFJC)MIL134132(EXLCZ)99100000000040632220071116d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe origin of speech[electronic resource] /Peter F. MacNeilageOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20081 online resource (402 p.)Studies in the evolution of language ;no. 10Description based upon print version of record.0-19-958158-4 0-19-923650-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Speech and its origin: the frame/content theory; Part III: The relation between ontogeny and phylogeny; Part IV: Brain organization and the evolution of speech; Part V: The frame/content theory and generative linguistics; Part VI: A perspective on speech from manual evolution; Part VII: Last things; References; IndexThis important and original account of the origin and evolution of speech integrates the latest research in speech, acquisition, and neurobiology, and includes the key observation that infants learning language reveal similar constraints to those acting on our distant ancestors. It is written in a clear style with minimal recourse to jargon. - ;This book explores the origin and evolution of speech. The human speech system is in a league of its own in the animal kingdom and its possession dwarfs most other evolutionary achievements. During every second of speech we unconsciously use about 225 dStudies in the evolution of language ;10.Language and languagesOriginLinguisticsLanguage and languagesOrigin.Linguistics.80117.12bclMacNeilage Peter F292187MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784708003321Origin of speech245282UNINA