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The making of language / Mike Beaken.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beaken, Mike.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Origin.
- Language and languages.
- Historical linguistics.
- Linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 239 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic, 2011.
- Contents:
- The story so far
- Language and labour
- Apes, hominids and common ancestors
- Gestures and origins of meaning
- The making of human beings
- The making of speech
- The making of music
- The making of grammar
- Is there progress in language?
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-225) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781906716141
- 1906716145
- OCLC:
- 559854675
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