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Language evolution / edited by Morten H. Christiansen, Simon Kirby.
LIBRA P140 .L256 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in the evolution of language ; 3.
- Studies in the evolution of language ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical linguistics.
- Language and languages--Origin.
- Language and languages.
- Anthropological linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- The leading scholars in the rapidly growing field of language evolution give readable accounts of their theories on the origins of language and reflect on the most important current issues and debates. As well as providing a guide to their own published research in this area they highlight what they see as the most relevant research of others. The authors come from a wide range of disciplines involved in language evolution including linguistics, cognitive science, computational science, primatology, and archaeology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [338]-383) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199244847
- 0199244839
- OCLC:
- 51235137
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