03036nam 22005294a 450 991081884290332120200520144314.097801915628770191562874(MiAaPQ)EBC7035244(CKB)24235068400041(MiAaPQ)EBC453565(Au-PeEL)EBL453565(CaPaEBR)ebr10329641(CaONFJC)MIL226879(OCoLC)437400157(EXLCZ)992423506840004120090722d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||The prehistory of language[electronic resource] /edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris KnightOxford ;New York Oxford University Press2009xviii, 348 p. illStudies in the evolution of language ;11Oxford linguisticsIncludes 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.Studies in the evolution of language ;11.Oxford linguistics.Historical linguisticsLanguage and languagesOriginAnthropological linguisticsTaalgenesegttHistorical linguistics.Language and languagesOrigin.Anthropological linguistics.Taalgenese.417/.717.12bclBotha Rudolf P162684Knight Chris1942-621899MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910818842903321The prehistory of language3996753UNINA