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New Essays on the Origin of Language
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Edited by:
Jürgen Trabant
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2001
About this book
The contributions to this volume reflect the state of the art in the renewed discussion on the origin of language. Some of the most important specialists in the field - life scientists and linguists - primarily examine two aspects of the question: the origin of the language faculty and the evolution of the first language. At stake is the relation between nature and culture and between universality and historical particularity as well as cognition, communication, and the very essence of language.
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Contents
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Introduction: New perspectives on an old academic question
1 - 1. Biological aspects of the question
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On the subcortical bases of the evolution of language
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The origin of the human language faculty: the language amoeba hypothesis
41 - 2. The first language
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The apparent paradox of language evolution: can Universal Grammar be explained by adaptive selection?
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Elementary forms of linguistic organisation
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From potential to realisation: an episode in the origin of language
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Protothought had no logical names
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The birth of rules
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How language changed the genes: toward an explicit account of the evolution of language
149 - 3. Beyond biolinguistics
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The narration "instinct": signalling behaviour, communication, and the selective value of storytelling
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Taxonomic controversies in the twentieth century
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The origin of origins: a play in five acts, with a prologue im Himmel and an epilogue auf der Erde
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References
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Index
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eBook published on:
June 24, 2011
eBook ISBN:
9783110849080
Hardcover published on:
July 19, 2001
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110170252
Edition:
Reprint 2011
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
6
Main content:
258
Illustrations:
3
Other:
1 plate
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