LEADER 03842nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910451473003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-75747-0 010 $a9786611757472 010 $a4-431-79102-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-4-431-79102-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000492426 035 $a(EBL)364537 035 $a(OCoLC)288472727 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216456 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217416 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216456 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10196242 035 $a(PQKB)11706473 035 $a(DE-He213)978-4-431-79102-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC364537 035 $a(PPN)12812797X 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL364537 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10253485 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL175747 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000492426 100 $a20090115d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aOrigins of language$b[electronic resource] $eunraveling evolutionary forces /$fNobuo Masataka (ed.) 205 $a1st ed. 2008. 210 $aTokyo $cSpringer$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (163 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a4-431-79101-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Gestural Theory of and the Vocal Theory of Language Origins Are Not Incompatible with One Another -- The Gestural Origins of Language -- World-View of Protolanguage Speakers as Inferred from Semantics of Sound Symbolic Words: A Case of Japanese Mimetics -- Japanese Mothers? Use of Specialized Vocabulary in Infant-Directed Speech: Infant-Directed Vocabulary in Japanese -- Short-Term Acoustic Modifications During Dynamic Vocal Interactions in Nonhuman Primates? Implications for Origins of Motherese -- Vocal Learning in Nonhuman Primates: Importance of Vocal Contexts -- The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Bimodal Primate Vocal Communication -- Understanding the Dynamics of Primate Vocalization and Its Implications for the Evolution of Human Speech -- Implication of the Human Musical Faculty for Evolution of Language. 330 $aDevelopments in cognitive science indicate that human and nonhuman primates share a range of behavioral and physiological characteristics that speak to the issue of language origins. This volume has three major themes, woven throughout the chapters. First, it is argued that scientists in animal behavior and anthropology need to move beyond theoretical debate to a more empirically focused and comparative approach to language. Second, those empirical and comparative methods are described, revealing underpinnings of language, some of which are shared by humans and other primates and others of which are unique to humans. New insights are discussed, and several hypotheses emerge concerning the evolutionary forces that led to the "design" of language. Third, evolutionary challenges that led to adaptive changes in communication over time are considered with an eye toward understanding various constraints that channeled the process. 606 $aLanguage and languages$xOrigin 606 $aHuman evolution 606 $aAnthropological linguistics 606 $aAnimal communication 606 $aPrimates$xBehavior 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xOrigin. 615 0$aHuman evolution. 615 0$aAnthropological linguistics. 615 0$aAnimal communication. 615 0$aPrimates$xBehavior. 676 $a400 676 $a401 676 $a599.938 701 $aMasataka$b Nobuo$f1954-$0882315 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451473003321 996 $aOrigins of language$91970745 997 $aUNINA