The talking ape [[electronic resource] ] : how language evolved / / Robbins Burling

• Autore: Burling Robbins
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (503 p.)
• Disciplina: 401
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Origin; Linguistics
• Classificazione: 17.12
• Note generali: Originally published: 2005.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. In The Beginning; 2. Smiles, Winks, and Words; 3. Truths and Lies; 4. The Mind and Language; 5. Signs and Symbols; 6. Icons Gained and Icons Lost; 7. From A Few Sounds to Many Words; 8. Syntax: Wired and Learned; 9. Step-By-Step to Grammar; 10. Power, Gossip, and Seduction; 11. What has Language Done To Us?; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing - and the most readable - account of the origins of language yet published. He sheds new light on how language affects the way we think, behave, and relate to each other, and he gives us a deeper understanding of the nature of language itself.The author traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. He offers a new account of the route by which we acquired our defining characteristic and explores the changing nature of language as it developed through the course
• Titolo autorizzato: The talking ape
• ISBN: 1-383-04245-4; 1-4294-2190-8; 9786610758210; 0-19-150918-3; 1-280-75821-X; 0-19-153545-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821813303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in the evolution of language ; ; 5.