LEADER 05563nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910958319803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612156885 010 $a9789027294609 010 $a9027294607 010 $a9789027238917 010 $a902723891X 010 $a9781423761389 010 $a1423761383 010 $a9781282156883 010 $a1282156888 024 7 $a10.1075/celcr.5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000032341 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216457 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11181477 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216457 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10214815 035 $a(PQKB)10709524 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC622939 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL622939 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10077294 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215688 035 $a(OCoLC)732803871 035 $a(DE-B1597)720212 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789027294609 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000032341 100 $a20041214d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOrigins of language $econstraints on hypotheses /$fSverker Johansson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia, PA $cJohn Benjamins$d2005 215 $axi, 345 p. $cill 225 1 $aConverging evidence in language and communication research ;$vv. 5 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9789027238931 311 08$a9027238936 311 08$a9781588116291 311 08$a1588116298 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOrigins of Language -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. WHAT IS LANGUAGE? -- Further reading -- 3. THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION -- 3.1 Natural selection as an abstract process -- 3.2 Variation, randomness, and mutation -- 3.3 Limitations and misunderstandings of evolution -- 3.4 Cultural evolution -- 3.5 Evolutionary theory as applied to language -- 3.6 The time scale of evolution -- 3.7 Summary -- Further reading -- 4. HUMAN ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION -- 4.1 Mammals -- 4.2 Primates -- 4.3 Hominids -- 4.4 Summary -- Further reading -- 5. ANATOMICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL PREREQUISITES FOR LANGUAGE -- 5.1 Sound production -- 5.2 Sound perception -- 5.3 Brain anatomy, modularity, and lateralization -- 5.4 Summary -- Further reading -- 6. ANIMAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WILD -- 6.1 Do animal calls mean anything? -- 6.2 Mental states of communicating animals? -- 6.3 The evolution of animal communication -- 6.4 Animal syntax? -- 6.5 Summary -- Further reading -- 7. CAN NON-HUMANS BE TAUGHT LANGUAGE? -- 7.1 Apes -- 7.2 Dolphins -- 7.3 Parrots -- 7.4 Patterns of nonhuman -- 7.5 Summary -- Further reading -- 8. LANGUAGE, MIND, AND SELF -- 8.1 What is Mind -the 'hard problem' -- 8.2 What is mind -the 'easy problem' - and do animals have it? -- 8.3 Summary -- Further reading -- 9. HYPOTHESES OF LANGUAGE ORIGINS -- 9.1 Historical background -- 9.2 Dimensions of language evolution hypotheses -- 9.3 Adaptation vs. spandrel -- 9.4 Early vs. late -- 9.5 Gradual vs. sudden -- 9.6 Speech first vs. gestures first -- 9.7 Innate and genetically determined vs. learned and culturally determined -- 9.8 Summary -- Further reading -- 10. WHY DID LANGUAGE EVOLVE? -- 10.1 Hunting -- 10.2 Tool making -- 10.3 Sexual selection -- 10.4 Child care and teaching. 327 $a10.5 Social relations in groups and tribes -- 10.6 Miscellaneous ideas -- 10.7 Why us and not the other apes? -- 10.8 Summary -- Further reading -- 11. PROTOLANGUAGE -- 11.1 Protospeech -- 11.2 Protogestures -- 11.3 Protosemantics -- 11.4 Protosyntax -- 11.5 How can all the protos be combined? -- 11.6 Summary -- Further reading -- 12. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Index -- The series Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research. 330 $aSverker Johansson has written an unusual book on language origins, with its emphasis on empirical evidence rather than theory-building. This is a book for the student or researcher who prefers solid data and well-supported conclusions, over speculative scenarios. Much that has been written on the origins of language is characterized by hypothesizing largely unconstrained by evidence. But empirical data do exist, and the purpose of this book is to integrate and review the available evidence from all relevant disciplines, not only linguistics but also, e.g., neurology, primatology, paleoanthropology, and evolutionary biology. The evidence is then used to constrain the multitude of scenarios for language origins, demonstrating that many popular hypotheses are untenable. Among the issues covered: (1) Human evolutionary history, (2) Anatomical prerequisites for language, (3) Animal communication and ape "language", (4) Mind and language, (5) The role of gesture, (6) Innateness, (7) Selective advantage of language, (8) Proto-language. 410 0$aConverging evidence in language and communication research ;$vv. 5. 606 $aLanguage and languages$xOrigin 606 $aHuman evolution 606 $aBiolinguistics 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xOrigin. 615 0$aHuman evolution. 615 0$aBiolinguistics. 676 $a401 22 686 $aES 415$qSEPA$2rvk 700 $aJohansson$b Sverker$f1961-$01801232 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958319803321 996 $aOrigins of language$94346366 997 $aUNINA