LEADER 04010nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910454862503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-26861-9 010 $a9786612268618 010 $a0-19-156767-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788802 035 $a(EBL)453564 035 $a(OCoLC)437400140 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000131689 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142489 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131689 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10027689 035 $a(PQKB)10429229 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453564 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453564 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10329701 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226861 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788802 100 $a20081009d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe cradle of language$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (417 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in the evolution of language ;$v12 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-954586-3 311 $a0-19-954585-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; List of plates; List of maps; List of abbreviations; Notes on the contributors; 1. Introduction: perspectives on the evolution of language in Africa; 2. Earliest personal ornaments and their significance for the origin of language debate; 3. Reading the artifacts: gleaning language skills from the Middle Stone Age in southern Africa; 4. Red ochre, body painting, and language: interpreting the Blombos ochre; 5. Theoretical underpinnings of inferences about language evolution: the syntax used at Blombos Cave 327 $a6. Fossil cues to the evolution of speech7. Evidence against a genetic-based revolution in language 50,000 years ago; 8. A "language-free" explanation for differences between the European Middle and Upper Paleolithic Record; 9. Diversity in languages, genes, and the language faculty; 10. How varied typologically are the languages of Africa?; 11. What click languages can and can't tell us about language origins; 12. Social origins: sharing, exchange, kinship; 13. As well as words: Congo Pygmy hunting, mimicry, and play 327 $a14. Sexual selection models for the emergence of symbolic communication: why they should be reversed15. Language, ochre, and the rule of law; References; Index; Contents: The Prehistory of Language 330 $aThis book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved in Africa. Internationally renowned scholars address the fossil, genetic, and archaeological evidence and critically examine the ways it has been interpreted. - ;This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved in Africa. Scholars from around the world address the fossil, genetic, and archaeologica 410 0$aStudies in the evolution of language ;$v12. 606 $aLanguage and languages$xOrigin 606 $aHistorical linguistics$zAfrica 606 $aAnthropological linguistics$zAfrica 606 $aSociolinguistics$zAfrica 607 $aAfrica$xLanguages 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xOrigin. 615 0$aHistorical linguistics 615 0$aAnthropological linguistics 615 0$aSociolinguistics 676 $a409.6 701 $aBotha$b Rudolf P$0162684 701 $aKnight$b Chris$f1942-$0621899 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454862503321 996 $aThe cradle of language$92142950 997 $aUNINA