UID:
almafu_9960119256102883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 269 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780511817755
Series Statement:
Approaches to the evolution of language
Content:
The way language as a human faculty has evolved is a question that preoccupies researchers from a wide spread of disciplines. In this book, a team of writers has been brought together to examine the evolution of language from a variety of such standpoints, including language's genetic basis, the anthropological context of its appearance, its formal structure, its relation to systems of cognition and thought, as well as its possible evolutionary antecedents. The book includes Hauser, Chomsky, and Fitch's seminal and provocative essay on the subject, 'The Faculty of Language,' and charts the progress of research in this active and highly controversial field since its publication in 2002. This timely volume will be welcomed by researchers and students in a number of disciplines, including linguistics, evolutionary biology, psychology, and cognitive science.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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The faculty of language :
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what is it, who has it, and how did it evolve? /
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Language architecture.
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Some simple evo devo theses :
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how true might they be for language? /
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Your theory of language evolution depends on your theory of language /
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Three meaning of "recursion" :
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key distinctions for biolinguistics /
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On obfuscation, obscurantism, and opacity :
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evolving conceptions of the faculty of language /
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Language and interface systems.
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Prospection as a cognitive precursor to symbolic communication /
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Did language evolve before speech? /
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A pragmatic perspective on the evolution of language /
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Biological and neurological foundations.
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Plasticity and canalization in the evolution of linguistic communication :
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an evolutionary developmental approach /
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What is language, that it may have evolved, and what is evolution, that it may apply to language /
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The creative capacity of language, in what manner is it unique, and who had it? /
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Genetics and the evolution of language :
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what genetic studies reveal about the evolution of language /
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Anthropological context.
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A putative role for language in the origin of human consciousness /
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On two incompatible theories of language evolution /
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On the evolution of language :
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implications of a new and general theory of human origins, properties, and history /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-73625-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-51645-5
Language:
English
