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200 04$aThe prehistory of language$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (368 p.)
225 1 $aStudies in the evolution of language ;$v11
225 1 $aOxford linguistics
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [287]-334) and index.
327   $gIntroduction:$tRewards and challenges of multi-perspectival work on the evolution of language and speech /$rRudolf Botha --$tWhy only humans have language /$rRobin Dunbar --$tIs sociality a crucial prerequisite for the emergence of language? /$rLuc Steels --$tHolistic communication and the co-evolution of language and music : resurrecting an old idea /$rSteven Mithen --$tMusic as a communicative medium /$rIan Cross and Ghofur Eliot Woodruff --$tCultural niche construction : evolution's cradle of language /$rJohn Odling-Smee and Kevin N. Laland --$tPlaying with meaning : normative function and structure in play /$rSonia Ragir and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh --$tThe ontogeny and phylogeny of non-verbal deixis /$rDavid A. Leavens, Timothy P. Racine, and William D. Hopkins --$tThe directed scratch : evidence for a referential gesture in chimpanzees? /$rSimone Pika and John C. Mitani --$tThe origins of the lexicon : how a word-store evolved /$rMaggie Tallerman --$tLanguage : symbolization and beyond /$rEric Reuland --$tGrammaticalization from a biolinguistic perspective /$rElly van Gelderen --$tRecursion, phonological storage capacity, and the evolution of modern speech /$rFrederick L. Coolidge and Thomas Wynn --$tWhy women speak better than men (and its significance for evolution) /$rBart de Boer --$tMosaic neurobiology and anatomical plausibility /$rWendy K. Wilkins.
330   $aProminent linguists, cognitive scientists, archaeologists, primatologists, anthropologists, and natural scientists examine issues and advances in understanding language evolution, ranging from the co-evolution of language and music to the evolutionary biology of language. An important and stylish contribution to a fascinating area of research. - ;'When, why, and how did language evolve?' 'Why do only humans have language?' This book looks at these and other questions about the origins and evolution of language. It does so via a rich diversity of perspectives, including social, cultural, archae
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606   $aHistorical linguistics
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