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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.