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245 04 a| The prehistory of languageh| [electronic resource] /c| edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight.;

260 a| Oxford ;a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,;

300 a| xviii, 348 p. :b| ill. ;c| 24 cm.;

490 1 a| Studies in the evolution of language ;v| 11;

490 1 a| Oxford linguistics;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-334) and index.;

505 00 g| Introduction:t| Rewards and challenges of multi-perspectival work on the evolution of language and speech /r| Rudolf Botha --t| Why only humans have language /r| Robin Dunbar --t| Is sociality a crucial prerequisite for the emergence of language? /r| Luc Steels --t| Holistic communication and the co-evolution of language and music : resurrecting an old idea /r| Steven Mithen --t| Music as a communicative medium /r| Ian Cross and Ghofur Eliot Woodruff --t| Cultural niche construction : evolution's cradle of language /r| John Odling-Smee and Kevin N. Laland --t| Playing with meaning : normative function and structure in play /r| Sonia Ragir and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh --t| The ontogeny and phylogeny of non-verbal deixis /r| David A. Leavens, Timothy P. Racine, and William D. Hopkins --t| The directed scratch : evidence for a referential gesture in chimpanzees? /r| Simone Pika and John C. Mitani --t| The origins of the lexicon : how a word-store evolved /r| Maggie Tallerman --t| Language : symbolization and beyond /r| Eric Reuland --t| Grammaticalization from a biolinguistic perspective /r| Elly van Gelderen --t| Recursion, phonological storage capacity, and the evolution of modern speech /r| Frederick L. Coolidge and Thomas Wynn --t| Why women speak better than men (and its significance for evolution) /r| Bart de Boer --t| Mosaic neurobiology and anatomical plausibility /r| Wendy K. Wilkins.;

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The prehistory of language / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight.

Other author	Botha, Rudolf P.
Other author	Knight, Chris, 1942-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Description	xviii, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Historical linguistics. Language and languages--Origin. Anthropological linguistics.

Series	Studies in the evolution of language ; 11 Oxford linguistics Oxford linguistics. ^A520562 Studies in the evolution of language ; 11. ^A576616
Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-334) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009455637
ISBN	9780199545872 (cased)
ISBN	0199545871 (cased)
ISBN	019954588X (pbk.)
ISBN	9780199545889 (pbk.)

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