9. Symbolic forms, generalized media, and their evolution

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Basic scenarios and forces in the evolution of human language 5
6. 3. Expression and appeal in animal and human communication with special consideration of laughter 25
7. 4. The evolution of cognitive control in tool-making and tool-use and the emergence of a theory of mind 43
8. 5. The evolution of pre-historic art and the transition to writing systems 61
9. 6. Symbolic creativity in language, art, and science and the cultural dynamics of symbolic forms 93
10. 7. “Fossils” of evolution in the lexicon of HAND and EYE (mainly in German, English and French) 137
11. 8. The form of a “protolanguage” and the contours of a theory of language evolution 159
12. 9. Symbolic forms, generalized media, and their evolution 185
13. 10. Consciousness, linguistic universals, and the methodology of linguistics 199
14. Notes 209
15. References 215
16. Index of proper names 229
17. Subject index 233
18. Index of principles and hypotheses 237