Origins of Language. Constraints on hypotheses.

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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Johansson, Sverker (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2005.
Temas:
Language and languages > Origin.
Human evolution.
Biolinguistics.
Langage et langues > Origines.
Homme > Évolution.
Biolinguistique.
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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