Language evolution : the windows approach
By: Bodha, Rudolf.
Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016Description: x, 318p.ISBN: 9781316501078.Subject(s): Anthropological linguistics | Historical linguistics | Language and languages -- OriginDDC classification: 417.7 | B657l Summary: How can we unravel the evolution of language, given that there is no direct evidence about it? Rudolf Botha addresses this intriguing question in his fascinating new book. Inferences can be drawn about language evolution from a range of other phenomena, serving as windows into this prehistoric process. These include shell-beads, fossil skulls and ancestral brains, modern pidgin and creole languages, homesign systems and emergent sign languages, modern motherese, language use of modern hunter-gatherers, first language acquisition, similarities between language and music, and comparative animal behaviour. The first systematic analysis of the Windows Approach, it will be of interest to students and researchers in many disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, palaeontology and primatology, as well as anyone interested in how language evolved| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 415.0285 H618S SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION AND THE RESOLUTION OF AMBIGUITY | 417.0721 R311 Research methods in language variation and change | 417.2 L114L LANGUAGE IN THE INNER CITY | 417.7 B657l Language evolution | 417.7 C889L LANGUAGE DEATH | 417.7 F551e The evolution of language | 417.7 L25 LANGUAGE EVOLUTION |
How can we unravel the evolution of language, given that there is no direct evidence about it? Rudolf Botha addresses this intriguing question in his fascinating new book. Inferences can be drawn about language evolution from a range of other phenomena, serving as windows into this prehistoric process. These include shell-beads, fossil skulls and ancestral brains, modern pidgin and creole languages, homesign systems and emergent sign languages, modern motherese, language use of modern hunter-gatherers, first language acquisition, similarities between language and music, and comparative animal behaviour. The first systematic analysis of the Windows Approach, it will be of interest to students and researchers in many disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, palaeontology and primatology, as well as anyone interested in how language evolved
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