Loading…

How language began : gesture and speech in human evolution /

The first book to explain how speech and gesture evolved together into a system that all humans possess.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McNeill, David, 1933-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012, ©2012.
Series:Approaches to the evolution of language.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Gesture and the origin of language
  • What evolved (in part): The Growth Point
  • How it evolved (in part): Mead's Loop
  • Effects of Mead's Loop
  • Ontogenesis in evolution, evolution in ontogenesis
  • Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the growth point.