Language Evolution
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924484-3 (ISBN)
How humans acquired language and how languages evolved are two of the most intriguing questions in contemporary scientific research. Answering them would throw new light on the process of evolution, the human brain, the structure of language, and what it means to be human. In this book researchers in cognitive science, anthropology, ethology, human biology, and linguistics say what they think about the origins of human language.
Morten H. Christiansen is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. He is co-editor of Connectionist Psycholinguistics published by Ablex in 2001. Simon Kirby is a British Academy Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh: his book, Function, Selection, and Innateness was published by OUP in 1999.
1. Language Evolution: The Hardest Problem in Science? ; 2. Language as an Adaptation to the Cognitive Niche ; 3. The Language Mosaic and its Evolution ; 4. What can the Field of Linguistics Tell Us About the Origins of Language? ; 5. Symbol and Structure: A Comprehensive Framework for Language Evolution ; 6. On the Different Origins of Symbols and Grammar ; 7. Universal Grammar and Semiotic Constraints ; 8. The Archaeological Evidence of Language Origins: States of the Art ; 9. What are the Uniquely Human Components of the Language Faculty? ; 10. The Evolving Mirror System: A Neural Basis for Language Readiness ; 11. From Hand to Mouth: the Gestural Origins of Language ; 12. The Origin and Subsequent Evolution of Language ; 13. Launching Language: the Gestural Origin of Discrete Infinity ; 14. Motor Control, Speech, and the Evolution of Human Language ; 15. From Language Learning to Language Evolution ; 16. Grammatical Assimilation ; 17. Language, Learning, and Evolution
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.7.2003 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in the Evolution of Language |
| Zusatzinfo | line drawings and photographs |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 602 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-924484-7 / 0199244847 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-924484-3 / 9780199244843 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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