The talking ape : how language evolved /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burling, Robbins
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Studies in the evolution of language ; 5.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Origin.
Linguistics.
Langage et langues > Origines.
Linguistique.
linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Language and languages > Origin
Linguistics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. IN THE BEGINNING; 2. SMILES, WINKS, AND WORDS; 3. TRUTHS AND LIES; 4. THE MIND AND LANGUAGE; 5. SIGNS AND SYMBOLS; 6. ICONS GAINED AND ICONS LOST; 7. FROM A FEW SOUNDS TO MANY WORDS; 8. SYNTAX: WIRED AND LEARNED; 9. STEP-BY-STEP TO GRAMMAR; 10. POWER, GOSSIP, AND SEDUCTION; 11. WHAT HAS LANGUAGE DONE TO US?; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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