Studies in language origins. Volume 3 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wind, Jan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins BV, Ã1994.
Colección:Studies in language origins ; v. 3
Temas:
Language and languages > Origin.
Langage et langues > Origines.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • STUDIES IN LANGUAGE ORIGINS VOLUME 3
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of contents
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction
  • A functional reconstruction of the supralaryngeal vocal tract of the fossil hominid from Petralona
  • Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Material
  • 3. The relation between the inclination of the styloid process and the flexion of the basicranium
  • 4. The supralaryngeal vocal tract of the fossil hominid from Petralona
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary
  • References
  • A much-too-brief evolutionary history of the mammalian middle earSummary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Mammalian evolution and hearing
  • 3. Structures to be considered
  • 4. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgement
  • References
  • Spatial mapping and the origin of language A paleoneurological model
  • Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. An outline of hippocampal structure and function
  • 3. Language and cognitive mapping: Predispositions and parallellisms
  • 4. Spatial mapping and vocal signals in primate phylogeny
  • 5. Conclusion: Parsimony and language-origin models
  • 3.2 Understanding idioms and metaphors4. Nominal realism as the RH manifestation
  • 5. Conservation abilities and animistic thinking
  • 6. Language faculty and hemispheric peculiarities
  • 7. Music, vowels and prosody perception
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgement
  • References
  • Echolocation: An acoustic causal function Semiotic and linguistic aspects
  • Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Echolocation as a possible basis for speech
  • 3. The principle of echolocation: Animals can 'hear' images
  • 4. The senses originally served orientation
  • 5. Semiotics
  • 5.1 Interrogative aspects of echolocation5.2 Echolocation: 'monolateralcommunication'
  • 5.3 The knowledge value of the non-answer
  • 5.4 Flexible structures
  • 5.5 Acroamatic behavior
  • 5.6 The erotematic aspect of orientation by sound
  • 5.7 The smallest sign
  • 5.8 The ability to assign meaning
  • 6. The equivalent word
  • 7. Echolocation and the origin of language
  • 8. Consequences for linguistics. Conclusions
  • References

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