LEADER 03544nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910967336603321 005 20240516111952.0 010 $a1-283-42393-6 010 $a9786613423931 010 $a90-272-7424-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000079919 035 $a(EBL)842915 035 $a(OCoLC)773566948 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000589011 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364746 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000589011 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10655827 035 $a(PQKB)11371813 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC842915 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL842915 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10526919 035 $a(DE-B1597)719633 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789027274243 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000079919 100 $a19941229d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe biology of language /$fedited by Stanis?aw Puppel 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins$dc1995 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 300 $a"Papers presented and discussed at an international symposium held in December of 1988 at Czerniejewo, near Poznan?, Poland"--Pref. 311 08$a1-55619-480-3 311 08$a90-272-2143-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aChimps, children, and creoles : the need for caution / Jean Aichison -- Some problems with an evolutionary view of written language / David Barton -- Essentialism in language / Bernard H. Bichakjian -- The invention of the syllable : reflections of a humanist on the biology of language / Robert Payson Creed -- Genetic classification and the historical method / Angela Della Volpe -- Animal communication and human language : searching for their evolutionary relationship / Ga?bor Gyo?ri -- From proto-language to grammar / Martin Hildebrand-Nilshon -- The biological imperatives in communicative interaction / Mary Ritchie Key -- Ritual/representation as the semiogenetic precursor of hominid symbol use / Jo Liska -- Language acquisition and the essentialist-evolutionist debate / David J. Messer -- Group selection in the biocultural evolution of language : fate of the Neandertals revisited / Richard G. Milo and Duane Quiatt -- The biology of language / Harvey B. Sarles -- A possibility of quantum evolution of language / W?odzimierz Sedlak -- Biological and cultural factors in the evolution of language / David Smillie. 330 $aThis volume brings together 15 papers on the evolution and origin of language. The authors approach the subject from various angles, exploring biological, cultural, psychological and linguistic factors. A wide variety of topics is discussed, such as animal communication, language acquisition, the essentialist-evolutionist debate, and genetic classification. 606 $aBiolinguistics$vCongresses 606 $aLanguage and languages$xOrigin$vCongresses 606 $aHistorical linguistics$vCongresses 606 $aHuman evolution$vCongresses 615 0$aBiolinguistics 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xOrigin 615 0$aHistorical linguistics 615 0$aHuman evolution 676 $a401 700 $aPuppel$b Stanislaw, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01817716 701 $aPuppel$b Stanis?aw$01817717 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967336603321 996 $aThe biology of language$94375797 997 $aUNINA