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The domestication of language : cultural evolution and the uniqueness of the human animal / Daniel Cloud.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cloud, Daniel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Origin.
- Language and languages.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Human evolution.
- Historical linguistics.
- Anthropological linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 275 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Where do words come from?
- The conventions of a human language
- The evolution of signals
- Varieties of biological information
- The strange case of the chimpanzee
- The problem of maladaptive culture
- The cumulative consequences of a didactic adaptation
- Meaning, interpretation, and language acquisition
- What's accomplished in conversation
- Recapitulation and moral.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780231167925
- 023116792X
- OCLC:
- 896786918
- Publisher Number:
- 99960936547
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