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200 14$aThe origins of meaning$b[electronic resource] /$fJames R. Hurford
210   $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2007
215   $a1 online resource (404 p.)
225 1 $aLanguage in the light of evolution ;$v1
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Z
330   $aIn 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 the 
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