03131nam 2200721Ia 450 991082181330332120230721033329.01-383-04245-41-4294-2190-897866107582100-19-150918-31-280-75821-X0-19-153545-1(CKB)1000000000553932(EBL)1132291(OCoLC)830169501(SSID)ssj0000255391(PQKBManifestationID)12093580(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255391(PQKBWorkID)10213428(PQKB)10400199(SSID)ssj0000378181(PQKBManifestationID)11277195(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000378181(PQKBWorkID)10357994(PQKB)10878099(Au-PeEL)EBL422860(CaPaEBR)ebr10271452(CaONFJC)MIL75821(OCoLC)437109417(MiAaPQ)EBC422860(EXLCZ)99100000000055393220060821e20072005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe talking ape[electronic resource] how language evolved /Robbins BurlingOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (503 p.)Studies in the evolution of language ;5Originally published: 2005.0-19-927940-3 0-19-921403-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. In The Beginning; 2. Smiles, Winks, and Words; 3. Truths and Lies; 4. The Mind and Language; 5. Signs and Symbols; 6. Icons Gained and Icons Lost; 7. From A Few Sounds to Many Words; 8. Syntax: Wired and Learned; 9. Step-By-Step to Grammar; 10. Power, Gossip, and Seduction; 11. What has Language Done To Us?; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexIn this mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing - and the most readable - account of the origins of language yet published. He sheds new light on how language affects the way we think, behave, and relate to each other, and he gives us a deeper understanding of the nature of language itself.The author traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. He offers a new account of the route by which we acquired our defining characteristic and explores the changing nature of language as it developed through the course Studies in the evolution of language ;5.Language and languagesOriginLinguisticsLanguage and languagesOrigin.Linguistics.40117.12bclBurling Robbins142049MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821813303321The talking ape4058187UNINA