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Origins of human language : continuities and discontinuities with nonhuman primates / Louis-Jean Boë [and three others] (eds.).
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Speech production and perception ; Volume 4.
- Speech production and perception ; Volume 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Primates.
- Language and languages--Origin.
- Language and languages.
- Animal communication.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (370 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang Edition, [2017]
- Summary:
- This book proposes a detailed picture of the continuities and ruptures between communication in primates and language in humans. It explores a diversity of perspectives on the origins of language, including a fine description of vocal communication in animals, mainly in monkeys and apes, but also in birds, the study of vocal tract anatomy and cortical control of the vocal productions in monkeys and apes, the description of combinatory structures and their social and communicative value, and the exploration of the cognitive environment in which language may have emerged from nonhuman primate vocal or gestural communication.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783631738078
- 3631738072
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3726/b12405
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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