The origin of speech [[electronic resource] /] / Peter F. MacNeilage

• Autore: MacNeilage Peter F
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (402 p.)
• Disciplina: 801
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Origin; Linguistics
• Classificazione: 17.12
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Speech and its origin: the frame/content theory; Part III: The relation between ontogeny and phylogeny; Part IV: Brain organization and the evolution of speech; Part V: The frame/content theory and generative linguistics; Part VI: A perspective on speech from manual evolution; Part VII: Last things; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This important and original account of the origin and evolution of speech integrates the latest research in speech, acquisition, and neurobiology, and includes the key observation that infants learning language reveal similar constraints to those acting on our distant ancestors. It is written in a clear style with minimal recourse to jargon. - ;This book explores the origin and evolution of speech. The human speech system is in a league of its own in the animal kingdom and its possession dwarfs most other evolutionary achievements. During every second of speech we unconsciously use about 225 d
• Titolo autorizzato: Origin of speech
• ISBN: 1-281-34132-0; 9786611341329; 0-19-152865-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784708003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in the evolution of language ; ; 10.