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The talking ape : how language evolved /
Robbins Burling traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. He examines the qualities of mind and brain needed to support the operations of language; investigates the first links between signs, sounds, and meanings; explores the beginni...
| 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: | Studies in the evolution of language ;
5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Robbins Burling traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. He examines the qualities of mind and brain needed to support the operations of language; investigates the first links between signs, sounds, and meanings; explores the beginnings and prehistories of vocabulary and grammar; and connects work in field such as linguistics, evolutionary biology, and archaeology. And he does all this in a style that is. crystal-clear, constantly enlivened by wit and humour. - ;In this mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 286 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191535451 0191535451 1429421908 9781429421904 9786610758210 6610758212 0191509183 9780191509186 128075821X 9781280758218 |