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Why we talk : the evolutionary origins of language
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Why we talk : the evolutionary origins of language

Author: Jean-Louis Dessalles
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series: Studies in the evolution of language, 7
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jean-Louis Dessalles
ISBN: 0199276234 9780199276233
OCLC Number: 71329834
Language Note: Translated from the French.
Notes: French edition, Aux origines du langage, first published by Hermès Science Publications, Paris, 2000.
Description: xi, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Part I. The place of language in human evolutionary history : 1. Animal communication and human communication -- 2. Culture, languages, and language -- 3. The biological roots of language -- 4. Misapprehensions about the origins of language -- 5. Language as an evolutionary curiosity -- 6. The local optimality of language -- Part II. The functional anatomy of speech : 7. Putting sounds together -- 8. Protolanguage -- 9. The mechanics of syntax -- 10. Syntax and meaning -- 11. The structure of meanings -- 12. The emergence of meaning -- Part III. The ethology of language -- 13. Conversation behaviour -- 14. Language as information -- 15. The birth of argumentation -- 16. Language as an evolutionary paradox -- 17. The political origins of language -- 18. Epilogue : A genesis in three stages ; A new view of language ; Future perspectives.
Series Title: Studies in the evolution of language, 7
Other Titles: Aux origines du langage.
Responsibility: Jean-Louis Dessalles ; translated by James Grieve.
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