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Origins of language [[electronic resource] ] : constraints on hypotheses / / Sverker Johansson
| Origins of language [[electronic resource] ] : constraints on hypotheses / / Sverker Johansson |
| Autore | Johansson Sverker <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 345 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 401 22 |
| Collana | Converging evidence in language and communication research |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Origin
Human evolution Biolinguistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
90-272-9460-7
90-272-3891-X 1-4237-6138-3 9786612156885 1-282-15688-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450623003321 |
Johansson Sverker <1961->
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| Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Origins of language [[electronic resource] ] : constraints on hypotheses / / Sverker Johansson
| Origins of language [[electronic resource] ] : constraints on hypotheses / / Sverker Johansson |
| Autore | Johansson Sverker <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 345 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 401 22 |
| Collana | Converging evidence in language and communication research |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Origin
Human evolution Biolinguistics |
| ISBN |
90-272-9460-7
90-272-3891-X 1-4237-6138-3 9786612156885 1-282-15688-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783245103321 |
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Johansson Sverker <1961->
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| Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Origins of language : constraints on hypotheses / / Sverker Johansson
| Origins of language : constraints on hypotheses / / Sverker Johansson |
| Autore | Johansson Sverker <1961-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 345 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 401 22 |
| Collana | Converging evidence in language and communication research |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Origin
Human evolution Biolinguistics |
| ISBN |
9786612156885
9789027294609 9027294607 9789027238917 902723891X 9781423761389 1423761383 9781282156883 1282156888 |
| Classificazione | ES 415 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Origins of Language -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. WHAT IS LANGUAGE? -- Further reading -- 3. THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION -- 3.1 Natural selection as an abstract process -- 3.2 Variation, randomness, and mutation -- 3.3 Limitations and misunderstandings of evolution -- 3.4 Cultural evolution -- 3.5 Evolutionary theory as applied to language -- 3.6 The time scale of evolution -- 3.7 Summary -- Further reading -- 4. HUMAN ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION -- 4.1 Mammals -- 4.2 Primates -- 4.3 Hominids -- 4.4 Summary -- Further reading -- 5. ANATOMICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL PREREQUISITES FOR LANGUAGE -- 5.1 Sound production -- 5.2 Sound perception -- 5.3 Brain anatomy, modularity, and lateralization -- 5.4 Summary -- Further reading -- 6. ANIMAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WILD -- 6.1 Do animal calls mean anything? -- 6.2 Mental states of communicating animals? -- 6.3 The evolution of animal communication -- 6.4 Animal syntax? -- 6.5 Summary -- Further reading -- 7. CAN NON-HUMANS BE TAUGHT LANGUAGE? -- 7.1 Apes -- 7.2 Dolphins -- 7.3 Parrots -- 7.4 Patterns of nonhuman -- 7.5 Summary -- Further reading -- 8. LANGUAGE, MIND, AND SELF -- 8.1 What is Mind -the 'hard problem' -- 8.2 What is mind -the 'easy problem' - and do animals have it? -- 8.3 Summary -- Further reading -- 9. HYPOTHESES OF LANGUAGE ORIGINS -- 9.1 Historical background -- 9.2 Dimensions of language evolution hypotheses -- 9.3 Adaptation vs. spandrel -- 9.4 Early vs. late -- 9.5 Gradual vs. sudden -- 9.6 Speech first vs. gestures first -- 9.7 Innate and genetically determined vs. learned and culturally determined -- 9.8 Summary -- Further reading -- 10. WHY DID LANGUAGE EVOLVE? -- 10.1 Hunting -- 10.2 Tool making -- 10.3 Sexual selection -- 10.4 Child care and teaching.
10.5 Social relations in groups and tribes -- 10.6 Miscellaneous ideas -- 10.7 Why us and not the other apes? -- 10.8 Summary -- Further reading -- 11. PROTOLANGUAGE -- 11.1 Protospeech -- 11.2 Protogestures -- 11.3 Protosemantics -- 11.4 Protosyntax -- 11.5 How can all the protos be combined? -- 11.6 Summary -- Further reading -- 12. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Index -- The series Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910958319803321 |
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Johansson Sverker <1961->
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| Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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