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Origins of Language. Constraints on hypotheses.
Sverker Johansson has written an unusual book on language origins, with its emphasis on empirical evidence rather than theory-building. This is a book for the student or researcher who prefers solid data and well-supported conclusions, over speculative scenarios. Much that has been written on the or...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
2005.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. WHAT IS LANGUAGE? -- Further reading -- 3. THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION -- 3.1 Natural selection as an abstract process -- 3.2 Variation, randomness, and mutation -- 3.3 Limitations and misunderstandings of evolution -- 3.4 Cultural evolution -- 3.5 Evolutionary theory as applied to language -- 3.6 The time scale of evolution -- 3.7 Summary -- Further reading -- 4. HUMAN ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION -- 4.1 Mammals -- 4.2 Primates -- 4.3 Hominids -- 4.4 Summary -- Further reading -- 5. ANATOMICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL PREREQUISITES FOR LANGUAGE -- 5.1 Sound production -- 5.2 Sound perception -- 5.3 Brain anatomy, modularity, and lateralization -- 5.4 Summary -- Further reading -- 6. ANIMAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WILD -- 6.1 Do animal calls mean anything? -- 6.2 Mental states of communicating animals? -- 6.3 The evolution of animal communication -- 6.4 Animal syntax? -- 6.5 Summary -- Further reading -- 7. CAN NON-HUMANS BE TAUGHT LANGUAGE? -- 7.1 Apes -- 7.2 Dolphins -- 7.3 Parrots -- 7.4 Patterns of nonhuman -- 7.5 Summary -- Further reading -- 8. LANGUAGE, MIND, AND SELF -- 8.1 What is Mind 8212;the 8216;hard problem8217; -- 8.2 What is mind 8212;the 8216;easy problem8217; 8212; and do animals have it? -- 8.3 Summary -- Further reading -- 9. HYPOTHESES OF LANGUAGE ORIGINS -- 9.1 Historical background -- 9.2 Dimensions of language evolution hypotheses -- 9.3 Adaptation vs. spandrel -- 9.4 Early vs. late -- 9.5 Gradual vs. sudden -- 9.6 Speech first vs. gestures first -- 9.7 Innate and genetically determined vs. learned and culturally determined -- 9.8 Summary -- Further reading -- 10. WHY DID LANGUAGE EVOLVE? -- 10.1 Hunting -- 10.2 Tool making -- 10.3 Sexual selection -- 10.4 Child care and teaching -- 10.5 Social relations in groups and tribes -- 10.6 Miscellaneous ideas -- 10.7 Why us and not the other apes? -- 10.8 Summary -- Further reading -- 11. PROTOLANGUAGE -- 11.1 Protospeech -- 11.2 Protogestures -- 11.3 Protosemantics -- 11.4 Protosyntax -- 11.5 How can all the protos be combined? -- 11.6 Summary -- Further reading -- 12. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Index -- The series Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research. | |
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