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Language origins : perspectives on evolution / edited by Maggie Tallerman.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in the evolution of language ; 4.
- Studies in the evolution of language ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Origin.
- Language and languages.
- Human evolution.
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- This book addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from; how and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and how languages diversified. It does so from the perspective of the lateste work in linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and computer science, and deploys the latest methods and theories toe probe into the origins and subsequent development of thee only species that has languages.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-421) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199279047
- 0199279039
- OCLC:
- 60607214
- Publisher Number:
- 9780199279036
- 9780199279043
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