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- Book Title
- Cradle of Language
- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199545855
ISBN-13
9780199545858
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70934228
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
408 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Cradle of Language
Subject
Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Series
Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
27.2 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
12
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
409.6
Table Of Content
1. Introduction: Perspectives on the Evolution of Language in Africa2. Earliest Personal Ornaments and Their Significance for the Origin of Language Debate3. Reading the Artefacts: Gleaning Language Skils From the Middle Stone Age in Southern Africa4. Red Ochre, Body Painting, and Language: Interpreting the Blombos Ochre5. Theoretical Underpinnings of Inferences About Languae Evolution: The Syntax Used at Blombos Cave6. Fossil Cues to the Evolution of Speech7. Evidence Against a Genetic-Based Revolution in Language 50,000 Years Ago8. A 'Language-Free' Explanation for Differences Between the European Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Record9. The Importance of Archaeological Evidence for Investigating the Evolutionary Emergence of Language10. Diversity if Languages, Genes, and the Language Faculty11. How Varied Typologically are the Languages of Africa?12. What Click Languages Can and Can't Tell us About Language Origins13. Social Origins: Sharing, Exchange, Kinship14. As Well as Words: Congo Pygmy Hunting, Mimicry, and Play15. Sexual Selection Models for the Emergence of Symbolic Communication: Why They Should be Reversed16. Language, Ochre, and the Rule of LawReferencesIndex
Synopsis
This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved in Africa. Internationally renowned scholars address the fossil, genetic, and archaeological evidence and critically examine the ways it has been interpreted., This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved in Africa. Scholars from around the world address the fossil, genetic, and archaeological evidence and critically examine the ways it has been interpreted. The book also considers parellel developments among Europe's Neanderthals and the contrasting outcomes for the two species. Following an extensive introduction contextualizing and linking the book's topics and approaches, fifteen chapters bring together many of the most significant recent findings and developments in modern human origins research. The fields represented by the authors include genetics, biology, behavioural ecology, linguistics, archaeology, cognitive science, and anthropology., This book is the first to focus on the African origins of human language. It explores the origins of language and culture 250,000-150,000 years ago when modern humans evolved in Africa. Scholars from around the world address the fossil, genetic, and archaeological evidence and critically examine the ways it has been interpreted. The book also considers parallel developments among Europe's Neanderthals and the contrasting outcomes for the two species. Following an extensive introduction contextualizing and linking the book's topics and approaches, fifteen chapters bring together many of the most significant recent findings and developments in modern human origins research. The fields represented by the authors include genetics, biology, behavioural ecology, linguistics, archaeology, cognitive science, and anthropology.
LC Classification Number
P35.5
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