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The emergence of protolanguage : holophrasis vs compositionality /
Somewhere and somehow, in the 5 to 7 million years since the last common ancestors of humans and the great apes, our ancestors "got" language. The authors of this volume all agree that there was no single mutation or cultural innovation that took our ancestors directly from a limited syste...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Benjamins current topics ;
v. 24. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Somewhere and somehow, in the 5 to 7 million years since the last common ancestors of humans and the great apes, our ancestors "got" language. The authors of this volume all agree that there was no single mutation or cultural innovation that took our ancestors directly from a limited system of a few vocalizations (primarily innate) and gestures (some learned) to language. They further agree to use the term "protolanguage" for the beginnings of an open system of symbolic communication that provided the bridge to the use of fully expressive languages, rich in both lexicon and grammar. But here c. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 181 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027222541 9027222541 9027287821 9789027287823 1282775022 9781282775022 |