The evolutionary emergence of language : evidence and inference / edited by Rudolf Botha, Martin Everaert.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Botha, Rudolf P., editor.

Everaert, Martin, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Conference Name:

International Conference on the Evolution of Language (8th : 2010 : Utrecht, Netherlands)

Series:

Studies in the evolution of language

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Origin--Congresses.

Language and languages.

Language and languages--Origin.

Historical linguistics--Congresses.

Historical linguistics.

Language and languages--Etymology--Congresses.

Language and languages--Etymology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xviii, 334 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Contents:

1 Introduction: evidence and inference in the study of language evolution / Rudolf Botha Botha, Rudolf, Martin Everaert Everaert, Martin 1

2 What is special about the human language faculty and how did it get that way? / Stephen R. Anderson Anderson, Stephen R. 18

3 Language has evolved to depend on multiple-cue integration / Morten H. Christiansen Christiansen, Morten H. 42

4 Homesign as a way-station between co-speech gesture and sign language: the evolution of segmentation and sequencing / Ann Senghas Senghas, Ann, Asli Özyürek Özyürek, Asli, Susan Goldin-Meadow Goldin-Meadow, Susan 62

5 Kin selection, pedagogy, and linguistic complexity: whence protolanguage? / Maggie Tallerman Tallerman, Maggie 77

6 Neanderthal linguistic abilities: an alternative view / Katharine MacDonald MacDonald, Katharine, Wil Roebroeks Roebroeks, Wil 97

7 The archaeology of number concept and its implications for the evolution of language / Thomas Wynn Wynn, Thomas, Frederick L. Coolidge Coolidge, Frederick L., Karenleigh A. Overmann Overmann, Karenleigh A. 118

8 The evolution of semantics: sharing conceptual domains / Peter Gärdenfors Gärdenfors, Peter 139

9 Speech-gesture links in the ontogeny and phylogeny of gestural communication / Jacques Vauclair Vauclair, Jacques, Hélène Cochet Cochet, Hélène 160

10 Exploring the gaps between primate calls and human language / Alban Lemasson Lemasson, Alban, Karim Ouattara Ouattara, Karim, Klaus Zuberbühler Zuberbühler, Klaus 181

11 Talking about apes, birds, bees, and other living creatures: language evolution in light of comparative animal behaviour / Kathleen R. Gibson Gibson, Kathleen R. 204

12 FoxP2 and deep homology in the evolution of birdsong and human language / Alan Langus Langus, Alan, Jana Petri Petri, Jana, Marina Nespor Nespor, Marina, Constance Scharff Scharff, Constance 223

13 Genetics, evolution, and the innateness of language / Karl C. Diller Diller, Karl C., Rebecca L. Cann Cann, Rebecca L. 244.

Notes:

"This volume grew out of the 8th International Conference on the Evolution of Langauage (EVOLANFG8), held Utrecht, the Netherlands, in April 2010."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0199654859

9780199654840

0199654840

9780199654857

OCLC:

855366987

Publisher Number:

99955159160