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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 | ||
| 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-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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