From Signal to Symbol
The Evolution of Language
Published on 12. October 2021
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-262-04597-1 (ISBN)
Description
"An original argument to explain the "language gap" between humans and other primates, drawing on research from evolutionary biology, paleobiology, and archaeology"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04597-1 (9780262045971)
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10/2021
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Persons
Ronald J. Planer and Kim Sterelny
Content
Preface ix
1 An Intractable Challenge? 1
2 Toward Protolanguage 31
3 Let’s Sign (and Speak) Erectine 65
4 Composite Signs 95
5 Grammatical Structure 117
6 The Firelight Niche: From Sign to Speech 155
7 From Protolanguage to Language 181
8 Without Miracles? 213
Glossary 223
Notes 229
References 239
Index 265
1 An Intractable Challenge? 1
2 Toward Protolanguage 31
3 Let’s Sign (and Speak) Erectine 65
4 Composite Signs 95
5 Grammatical Structure 117
6 The Firelight Niche: From Sign to Speech 155
7 From Protolanguage to Language 181
8 Without Miracles? 213
Glossary 223
Notes 229
References 239
Index 265