Introduction: Why study the origin of language?

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Notes on contributors vii
4. Introduction: Why study the origin of language? xv
5. The origin of language according to the Bible 1
6. Relationships of language evolution to hominid population expansion from lower paleolithic times onward 21
7. The origin of human language 35
8. On the origins of language and self-consciousness 41
9. Evolution of the cerebellum 51
10. Are male and female Homo sapiens selected for different auditory stimuli? 65
11. Defining language 77
12. Processes of communication in the origins of language 85
13. On dating the origin of the modern form of language 99
14. Signing & speaking 115
15. The motor theory of language 123
16. A world map of hypothesized language affiliations 159
17. Paleolexicology 175
18. Evolutionary patterns in linguistics 187
19. Some observations on evolutionary concepts in current linguistics 225
20. On metaphoric communication as the original protolanguage 245
21. Semantic polarity and the origin of language 263
22. Desiderata for an evolutionary account of the origins of language 285
23. Intonation and the phonemic inventory 299
24. Paleofiction and language origins 311
25. Name index 331
26. Subject index 339