03522nam 22006014a 450 991096117760332120251116153202.097801915628770191562874(MiAaPQ)EBC7035244(CKB)24235068400041(MiAaPQ)EBC453565(Au-PeEL)EBL453565(CaPaEBR)ebr10329641(CaONFJC)MIL226879(OCoLC)437400157(Au-PeEL)EBL7035244(EXLCZ)992423506840004120090722d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe prehistory of language /edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight1st ed.Oxford ;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.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.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 Chris1942-621899MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910961177603321The prehistory of language4463153UNINA