Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases Contributor(s): Hurford, James R. (Editor), Knight, Chris (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521639646 ISBN-13: 9780521639644 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $83.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1998 Annotation: This is one of the first systematic attempts to bring language within the neo-Darwinian framework of modern evolutionary theory. Twenty-four coordinated essays by linguists, phoneticians, anthropologists, psychologists and cognitive scientists explore the origins of the complex structure of human language, emphasizing its social (as opposed to purely practical) bases, and showing the mechanisms by which this structure emerges, is maintained, and develops. |
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BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
Dewey: 401 |
LCCN: 97042162 |
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.98" W x 9.06" (1.33 lbs) 456 pages |