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Original signs : gesture, sign, and the sources of language /
"Since Darwin's time, the majority of evolutionary linguists have theorized that language defines human beings and that speech defines language. In Original Signs, David Armstrong disputes the latter concept by showing that language has evolved in many different ways through many different...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Galludet University Press,
1999.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Forest of Symbols 1
- I Where Did Language Come From? 15
- 2 The Rage to Order 45
- 3 Speech and Sign 65
- 4 Words and Sentences 89
- 5 Simultaneity and Sequentiality 111
- 6 The Morning Star and the Evening Star 133
- 7 Forked Tongues 151.