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The cradle of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight
| The cradle of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
| Disciplina | 409.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BothaRudolf P
KnightChris <1942-> |
| Collana | Studies in the evolution of language |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Origin
Historical linguistics - Africa Anthropological linguistics - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-26861-9
9786612268618 0-19-156767-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; List of plates; List of maps; List of abbreviations; Notes on the contributors; 1. Introduction: perspectives on the evolution of language in Africa; 2. Earliest personal ornaments and their significance for the origin of language debate; 3. Reading the artifacts: gleaning language skills from the Middle Stone Age in southern Africa; 4. Red ochre, body painting, and language: interpreting the Blombos ochre; 5. Theoretical underpinnings of inferences about language evolution: the syntax used at Blombos Cave
6. Fossil cues to the evolution of speech7. Evidence against a genetic-based revolution in language 50,000 years ago; 8. A "language-free" explanation for differences between the European Middle and Upper Paleolithic Record; 9. Diversity in languages, genes, and the language faculty; 10. How varied typologically are the languages of Africa?; 11. What click languages can and can't tell us about language origins; 12. Social origins: sharing, exchange, kinship; 13. As well as words: Congo Pygmy hunting, mimicry, and play 14. Sexual selection models for the emergence of symbolic communication: why they should be reversed15. Language, ochre, and the rule of law; References; Index; Contents: The Prehistory of Language |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454862503321 |
| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
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The cradle of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight
| The cradle of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 386 p., [12] p. : ill., maps |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BothaRudolf P
KnightChris <1942-> |
| Collana | Studies in the evolution of language |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Origin
Historical linguistics - Africa Anthropological linguistics - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-383-04519-4
0-19-156767-1 1-282-26861-9 9786612268618 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795751003321 |
| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The cradle of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight
| The cradle of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 386 p., [12] p. : ill., maps |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BothaRudolf P
KnightChris <1942-> |
| Collana | Studies in the evolution of language |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Origin
Historical linguistics - Africa Anthropological linguistics - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-383-04519-4
0-19-156767-1 1-282-26861-9 9786612268618 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815209603321 |
| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Evolutionary emergence of language : social function and the origins of linguistic form / / edited by Chris Knight, Michael Studdert-Kennedy, James R. Hurford [[electronic resource]]
| The Evolutionary emergence of language : social function and the origins of linguistic form / / edited by Chris Knight, Michael Studdert-Kennedy, James R. Hurford [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 401 |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Origin
Anthropological linguistics Human evolution |
| ISBN |
1-107-12919-2
1-280-42978-X 0-511-17798-4 0-511-04093-8 0-511-14847-X 0-511-32584-3 0-511-60644-3 0-511-04604-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Language : a Darwinian adaptation? / Chris Knight, Michael Studdert-Kennedy and James R. Hurford -- Introduction : the evolution of cooperative communication / Chris Knight -- Comprehension, production and conventionalisation in the origins of language / Robbins Burling -- Cooperation, competition and the evolution of prelinguistic communication / Jason Noble -- Language and hominid politics / Jean-Louis Dessalles -- Secret language use at female initiation : bounding gossiping communities / Camilla Power -- Play as precursor of phonology and syntax / Chris Knight --Introduction : the emergence of phonetic structure / Michael Studdert-Kennedy -- The role of mimesis in infant language development : evidence for phylogeny? / Marilyn M. Vihman and Rory A. Depaolis -- Evolution of speech : the relation between ontogeny and phylogeny / Peter F. Macneilage and Barbara L. Davis -- Evolutionary implications of the particulate principle : imitation and the dissociation of phonetic form from semantic function / Michael Studdert-Kennedy -- Emergence of sound systems through self-organisation / Bart de Boer -- Modelling language-physiology coevolution / Daniel Livingstone and Colin Fyfe -- Introduction : the emergence of syntax / James R. Hurford -- The spandrels of the linguistic genotype / David Lightfoot -- The distinction between sentences and noun phrases : an impediment to language evolution? / Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy -- How protolanguage became language / Derek Bickerton -- Holistic utterances in protolanguage : the link from primates to humans / Alison Wray -- Syntax without natural selection : how compositionality emerges from vocabulary in a population of learners / Simon Kirby -- Social transmission favours linguistic generalisation / James R. Hurford -- Words, memes and language evolution / Robert P. Worden -- On the reconstruction of 'proto-world' word order / Frederick J. Newmeyer -- The history, rate and pattern of world linguistic evolution / Mark Pagel. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450168403321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Evolutionary emergence of language : social function and the origins of linguistic form / / edited by Chris Knight, Michael Studdert-Kennedy, James R. Hurford [[electronic resource]]
| The Evolutionary emergence of language : social function and the origins of linguistic form / / edited by Chris Knight, Michael Studdert-Kennedy, James R. Hurford [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 401 |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Origin
Anthropological linguistics Human evolution |
| ISBN |
1-107-12919-2
1-280-42978-X 0-511-17798-4 0-511-04093-8 0-511-14847-X 0-511-32584-3 0-511-60644-3 0-511-04604-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Language : a Darwinian adaptation? / Chris Knight, Michael Studdert-Kennedy and James R. Hurford -- Introduction : the evolution of cooperative communication / Chris Knight -- Comprehension, production and conventionalisation in the origins of language / Robbins Burling -- Cooperation, competition and the evolution of prelinguistic communication / Jason Noble -- Language and hominid politics / Jean-Louis Dessalles -- Secret language use at female initiation : bounding gossiping communities / Camilla Power -- Play as precursor of phonology and syntax / Chris Knight --Introduction : the emergence of phonetic structure / Michael Studdert-Kennedy -- The role of mimesis in infant language development : evidence for phylogeny? / Marilyn M. Vihman and Rory A. Depaolis -- Evolution of speech : the relation between ontogeny and phylogeny / Peter F. Macneilage and Barbara L. Davis -- Evolutionary implications of the particulate principle : imitation and the dissociation of phonetic form from semantic function / Michael Studdert-Kennedy -- Emergence of sound systems through self-organisation / Bart de Boer -- Modelling language-physiology coevolution / Daniel Livingstone and Colin Fyfe -- Introduction : the emergence of syntax / James R. Hurford -- The spandrels of the linguistic genotype / David Lightfoot -- The distinction between sentences and noun phrases : an impediment to language evolution? / Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy -- How protolanguage became language / Derek Bickerton -- Holistic utterances in protolanguage : the link from primates to humans / Alison Wray -- Syntax without natural selection : how compositionality emerges from vocabulary in a population of learners / Simon Kirby -- Social transmission favours linguistic generalisation / James R. Hurford -- Words, memes and language evolution / Robert P. Worden -- On the reconstruction of 'proto-world' word order / Frederick J. Newmeyer -- The history, rate and pattern of world linguistic evolution / Mark Pagel. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777090203321 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The prehistory of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight
| The prehistory of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BothaRudolf P
KnightChris <1942-> |
| Collana |
Studies in the evolution of language
Oxford linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Historical linguistics
Language and languages - Origin Anthropological linguistics Taalgenese |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-954588-X
1-282-26879-1 0-19-156287-4 9786612268793 |
| Classificazione | 17.12 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; Introduction: Rewards and challenges of multi-perspectival work on the evolution of language and speech / Rudolf Botha -- Why only humans have language / Robin Dunbar -- Is sociality a crucial prerequisite for the emergence of language? / Luc Steels -- Holistic communication and the co-evolution of language and music : resurrecting an old idea / Steven Mithen -- Music as a communicative medium / Ian Cross and Ghofur Eliot Woodruff -- Cultural niche construction : evolution's cradle of language / John Odling-Smee and Kevin N. Laland -- Playing with meaning : normative function and structure in play / Sonia Ragir and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh -- The ontogeny and phylogeny of non-verbal deixis / David A. Leavens, Timothy P. Racine, and William D. Hopkins -- The directed scratch : evidence for a referential gesture in chimpanzees? / Simone Pika and John C. Mitani -- The origins of the lexicon : how a word-store evolved / Maggie Tallerman -- Language : symbolization and beyond / Eric Reuland -- Grammaticalization from a biolinguistic perspective / Elly van Gelderen -- Recursion, phonological storage capacity, and the evolution of modern speech / Frederick L. Coolidge and Thomas Wynn -- Why women speak better than men (and its significance for evolution) / Bart de Boer -- Mosaic neurobiology and anatomical plausibility / Wendy K. Wilkins. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465362303321 |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The prehistory of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight
| The prehistory of language [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 348 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 417/.7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BothaRudolf P
KnightChris <1942-> |
| Collana |
Studies in the evolution of language
Oxford linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Historical linguistics
Language and languages - Origin Anthropological linguistics Taalgenese |
| ISBN |
9780191562877
0191562874 |
| Classificazione | 17.12 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; Introduction: Rewards and challenges of multi-perspectival work on the evolution of language and speech / Rudolf Botha -- Why only humans have language / Robin Dunbar -- Is sociality a crucial prerequisite for the emergence of language? / Luc Steels -- Holistic communication and the co-evolution of language and music : resurrecting an old idea / Steven Mithen -- Music as a communicative medium / Ian Cross and Ghofur Eliot Woodruff -- Cultural niche construction : evolution's cradle of language / John Odling-Smee and Kevin N. Laland -- Playing with meaning : normative function and structure in play / Sonia Ragir and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh -- The ontogeny and phylogeny of non-verbal deixis / David A. Leavens, Timothy P. Racine, and William D. Hopkins -- The directed scratch : evidence for a referential gesture in chimpanzees? / Simone Pika and John C. Mitani -- The origins of the lexicon : how a word-store evolved / Maggie Tallerman -- Language : symbolization and beyond / Eric Reuland -- Grammaticalization from a biolinguistic perspective / Elly van Gelderen -- Recursion, phonological storage capacity, and the evolution of modern speech / Frederick L. Coolidge and Thomas Wynn -- Why women speak better than men (and its significance for evolution) / Bart de Boer -- Mosaic neurobiology and anatomical plausibility / Wendy K. Wilkins. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795851603321 |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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