LEADER 05372nam 22006975 450 001 9910416092303321 005 20200725101426.0 010 $a3-030-48543-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-48543-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000011354902 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6273737 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-48543-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011354902 100 $a20200725d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Coevolution of Language, Teaching, and Civil Discourse Among Humans $eOur Family Business /$fby Donald M. Morrison 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (372 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a3-030-48542-0 327 $aChapter 1: Teaching in Humans and Other Animals -- Chapter 2: Not a Third Chimpanzee -- Chapter 3: Meet Your Ancestors -- Chapter 4: An Evolutionary Explosion -- Chapter 5: The Coevolution of Language, Brains, and Technology -- Chapter 6: Pointing: The Royal Road to Language? -- Chapter 7: Teaching and Learning as Language in Action -- Chapter 8: Civil Discourse: Thinking with Other Humans -- Chapter 9: The Emergence of Civil Discourse -- Chapter 10: Into the Uncertain Future. 330 $a?The story of how we humans came to be the way we are has been told many times, and new discoveries continue to prompt retellings. Seldom has the story been told with such verve. Donald Morrison explores the diverse evolutionary challenges, and the biocultural responses, that went to make our species. His message is that language, and teaching through language, is the linchpin that has come to hold the interlocking solutions together. He concludes by addressing the existential predicaments now facing us?the climate crisis, global inequality and the crisis of civil discourse?and challenges us to re-think how education and language can help us find a way through." --Chris Sinha, Hunan University, China "Morrison has contributed a fascinating, readable analysis of the coevolution of language, thought, and culture throughout the development of our species. Other researchers have examined aspects of this coevolution, but none have looked in such depth at the role of teaching in supporting the growth of language and culture. Morrison's new analysis is important not only for the light it casts on co-evolution, but also for the implications it has for our understanding of the roots of education in human nature and society." --Brian MacWhinney, Carnegie Mellon University, USA This book traces the evolutionary trajectory of language and teaching from the earliest periods of human evolution to the present day. The author argues that teaching is unique to humans and our ancestors, and that the evolution of teaching, language, and culture are the inextricably linked results of gene-culture coevolutionary processes. Drawing on related fields including archaeology, palaeontology, cultural anthropology, evolutionary psychology and linguistics, he makes the case that the need for joint attention and shared goals in complex adaptive strategies is the underlying driver for the evolution of language-like communication. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of these disciplines, as well as lay readers with an interest in human origins. Donald M. Morrison is a teacher and educational researcher. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis, USA. 606 $aEducation 606 $aLanguage acquisition 606 $aEvolutionary biology 606 $aCognitive psychology 606 $aPragmatics 606 $aDevelopmental psychology 606 $aEducation, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O00000 606 $aLanguage Acquisition and Development$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/N13020 606 $aEvolutionary Biology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L21001 606 $aCognitive Psychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20060 606 $aPragmatics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/N54000 606 $aDevelopmental Psychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20010 615 0$aEducation. 615 0$aLanguage acquisition. 615 0$aEvolutionary biology. 615 0$aCognitive psychology. 615 0$aPragmatics. 615 0$aDevelopmental psychology. 615 14$aEducation, general. 615 24$aLanguage Acquisition and Development. 615 24$aEvolutionary Biology. 615 24$aCognitive Psychology. 615 24$aPragmatics. 615 24$aDevelopmental Psychology. 676 $a418.0071 676 $a153 700 $aMorrison$b Donald M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$057549 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910416092303321 996 $aThe Coevolution of Language, Teaching, and Civil Discourse Among Humans$92193439 997 $aUNINA