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020			_a9781316501078
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a417.7 _bB657l
100			_aBodha, Rudolf
245			_aLanguage evolution _bthe windows approach _cRudolf Botha
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2016 _aCambridge
300			_ax, 318p
520			_aHow 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
650			_aAnthropological linguistics
650			_aHistorical linguistics
650			_aLanguage and languages -- Origin
942			_cBK
999			_c559862 _d559862