How Language Changed the Genes: Toward Anexplicit Account of the Evolution of Language
Title | How Language Changed the Genes: Toward Anexplicit Account of the Evolution of Language PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Dor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
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New Essays on the Origin of Language
Title | New Essays on the Origin of Language PDF eBook |
Author | Jürgen Trabant |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2011-06-24 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110849089 |
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.
The Evolution of Language
Title | The Evolution of Language PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew D. M. Smith |
Publisher | World Scientific |
Pages | 553 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 9814295221 |
Balancing arbitrariness and systematicity in language evolution / Padraic Monaghan, Morten H. Christiansen, Stanka Fitneva -- Speaker-independent perception of human speech by zebra finches / Verena R. Ohms [und weitere] -- An avian model for language evolution / Irene Pepperberg -- Grooming gestures of chimpanzees in the wild : first insights into meaning and function / Simone Pika, Chris Knight -- The relevance ofthe developmental stress hypothesis to the evolution of language / Anne Pritchard -- Co-evolution of language and social network structure through cultural transmission / Justin Quillinan, Simon Kirby, Kenny Smith -- The origins of sociolinguistic marking and its role in language divergence : an experimental study / Gareth Roberts -- Considering language evolution from birdsong development / Kazutoshi Sasahara [und weitere] -- Semantic bootstrapping of grammar in embodied robots / Yo Sato, Joe Saunders -- Why do wild chimpanzees produce food-associated calls : a case of vocal grooming? / Anne Schel, Klaus Zuberbühler, Katie E. Slocombe -- The importance of exploring non-linguistic functions of human brain language areas for explaining language evolution / P. Thomas Schoenemann -- Language evolution : the view from adult second language learners / Marieke Schouwstra -- The evolution of communication and relevance / Thomas Scoff-Phillips -- Pragmatics not semantics as the basis for clause structure / Thomas Scoff-Phillips [und weitere]
Origins of Language
Title | Origins of Language PDF eBook |
Author | Sverker Johansson |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027238936 |
Sverker Johansson has written an unusual book on language origins, with its emphasis on empirical evidence rather than theory-building. This is a book for the student or researcher who prefers solid data and well-supported conclusions, over speculative scenarios. Much that has been written on the origins of language is characterized by hypothesizing largely unconstrained by evidence. But empirical data do exist, and the purpose of this book is to integrate and review the available evidence from all relevant disciplines, not only linguistics but also, e.g., neurology, primatology, paleoanthropology, and evolutionary biology. The evidence is then used to constrain the multitude of scenarios for language origins, demonstrating that many popular hypotheses are untenable. Among the issues covered: (1) Human evolutionary history, (2) Anatomical prerequisites for language, (3) Animal communication and ape "language", (4) Mind and language, (5) The role of gesture, (6) Innateness, (7) Selective advantage of language, (8) Proto-language.
The Social Origins of Language
Title | The Social Origins of Language PDF eBook |
Author | Danny Dor |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 019966532X |
This book presents a new perspective on the origins of language, and highlights the key role of social and cultural dynamics in driving language evolution. It considers, among other questions, the role of gesture in communication, mimesis, play, dance, and song in extant hunter-gatherer communities, and the time-frame for language evolution.
Language in Deep Human History
Title | Language in Deep Human History PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Watts |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2024-02-19 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3111238660 |
Understanding the evolution of language within the context of deep human history requires interdisciplinary work between linguists and scientists from a wide range of academic disciplines (e. g. archaeology, molecular biology, anthropology, genetics, biochemistry, etc.). The book aims to calibrate work on human evolution with current linguistic theory in an attempt to trace out a scientific story of how human language emerged and developed that has plausibility while remaining open to change through new linguistic and non-linguistic research.
A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution
Title | A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution PDF eBook |
Author | Ljiljana Progovac |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 2018-12-18 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3030032353 |
This book provides a critical introduction to the current views and controversies regarding language evolution. It sheds new light on hot topics such as: How ancient is language? Did Neanderthals have some form of language? Did language evolve gradually and incrementally, through stages, or suddenly, in one leap, in all its complexity? Does language evolution involve natural selection or not? This book is essential reading for scholars and students interested in language evolution, especially those in the fields of linguistics, psychology, biology, anthropology, and neuroscience.