02995nam 2200661Ia 450 991096367890332120260127215613.00-19-160723-11-281-14907-197866111490790-19-152592-81-4356-0979-4(CKB)1000000000412074(EBL)415933(OCoLC)476245842(SSID)ssj0000216465(PQKBManifestationID)11216894(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216465(PQKBWorkID)10198389(PQKB)10308412(MiAaPQ)EBC415933(Au-PeEL)EBL415933(CaPaEBR)ebr10194238(CaONFJC)MIL114907(FINmELB)ELB167619(EXLCZ)99100000000041207420061206d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe origins of meaning /James R. Hurford1st ed.Oxford Oxford University Press20071 online resource (404 p.)Language in the light of evolution ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-19-920785-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART I: MEANING BEFORE COMMUNICATION; 1. Let's Agree on Terms; 2. Animals Approach Human Cognition; 3. A New Kind of Memory Evolves; 4. Animals Form Proto-propositions; 5. Towards Human Semantics; PART II: COMMUNICATION: WHAT AND WHY?; 6. Communication by Dyadic Acts; 7. Going Triadic: Precursors of Reference; 8. Why Communicate? Squaring with Evolutionary Theory; 9. Cooperation, Fair Play, and Trust in Primates; 10. Epilogue and Prologue; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZIn this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of the way it evolved, James Hurford looks at the origins of meaning and of its expression in language and reviews a mass of evidence to uncover the evolutionary path between the non-speaking minds of apes and our own speaking minds. This is a landmark contribution to the understanding of linguistic and thinking processes, and the fullest account yet published of the evolution of language and. communication. - ;In this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of theStudies in the Evolution of LanguageSemanticsHistoryCommunicationEvolutionSemanticsHistory.Communication.Evolution.401.43Hurford James R131909MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963678903321Origins of meaning1023419UNINA