The biology of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stanisław Puppel

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Disciplina: 401
• Soggetto topico: Biolinguistics; Language and languages - Origin; Historical linguistics; Human evolution
• Altri autori: PuppelStanisław
• Note generali: "Papers presented and discussed at an international symposium held in December of 1988 at Czerniejewo, near Poznań, Poland"--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Chimps, 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 / Gábor Györi -- 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 / Włodzimierz Sedlak -- Biological and cultural factors in the evolution of language / David Smillie.
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The biology of language
• ISBN: 1-283-42393-6; 9786613423931; 90-272-7424-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778811603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II