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The origins of meaning /
"In this engagingly written and broadly interdisciplinary book, Jim Hurford integrates findings from ethology and neuroscience with concepts from philosophy and linguistics to make an explicit and convincing case that animals have rich concepts, and thus that meaning predated language. This is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Hurford, James R. Language in the light of evolution ;
1. Studies in the evolution of language ; 8. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In this engagingly written and broadly interdisciplinary book, Jim Hurford integrates findings from ethology and neuroscience with concepts from philosophy and linguistics to make an explicit and convincing case that animals have rich concepts, and thus that meaning predated language. This is a work of broad scope and significance." W. Tecumesh Fitch, Lecturer in Psychology, University of St. Andrews, from the bookjacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 388 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-371) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191525928 9780191525926 9786611149079 6611149074 |