Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Part 1. Language and the brain
5. 1. The visual information-processing system as an evolutionaryprecursor of human language 3
6. 2. Embodied meaning 51
7. 3. Missing links, issues and hypotheses in the evolutionary origin of language 83
8. Part 2. Language and cognition
9. 4. Sequentiality as the basis of constituent structure 109
10. 5. The internal structure of the syllable 135
11. 6. On the origins of intersyllabic complexity 155
12. 7. On the pre-linguistic origins of language processing rates 171
13. 8. The clausal structure of linguistic and pre-linguistic behavior 215
14. Part 3. Language and social cognition
15. 9. The gradual emergence of language 233
16. 10. The relation between language and theory of mind in development and evolution 265
17. 11. The rise of intentional understanding in human development 285
18. Part 4. Language development
19. 12. The emergence of grammar in early child language 309
20. 13. Why does exposure to language matter? 329
21. 14. Getting a handle on language creation 343
22. 15. Language evolution, acquisition, diachrony: Probing the parallels 375