The biology of language / / edited by Stanisław Puppel
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| Autore: |
Puppel Stanislaw
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| Titolo: |
The biology of language / / edited by Stanisław Puppel
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1995 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 401 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biolinguistics |
| Language and languages - Origin | |
| Historical linguistics | |
| Human evolution | |
| Altri autori: |
PuppelStanisław
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| 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.: | 9910967336603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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