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ISBN:
9781316471449
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9781107135130
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9781316501078
Series Statement:
Approaches to the evolution of language
Content:
How can we unravel the evolution of language, given that there is no direct evidence about it? Rudolf Botha addresses this intriguing question in his fascinating new book. Inferences can be drawn about language evolution from a range of other phenomena, serving as windows into this prehistoric process. These include shell-beads, fossil skulls and ancestral brains, modern pidgin and creole languages, homesign systems and emergent sign languages, modern motherese, language use of modern hunter-gatherers, first language acquisition, similarities between language and music, and comparative animal behaviour. The first systematic analysis of the Windows Approach, it will be of interest to students and researchers in many disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, palaeontology and primatology, as well as anyone interested in how language evolved.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2016)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107135130
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316501078
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107135130
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Botha, Rudolf, 1942 - Language evolution Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016 ISBN 9781107135130
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316501078
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Sprachentwicklung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781316471449
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