TY  - BOOK
AU  - Christiansen,Morten H.
AU  - Kirby,Simon
TI  - Language evolution
SN  - 0199244847 (pbk.)
AV  - P 140 .L257 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Historical linguistics
KW  - Linguistic change
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Origin
KW  - Anthropological linguistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-383) and index; Language evolution : the hardest problem in science? / Morten H. Christiansen and Simon Kirby -- Language as an adaptation to the cognitive niche / Steven Pinker -- The language mosaic and its evolution / James R. Hurford -- What can the field of linguistics tell us about the origins of language? / Frederick J. Newmeyer -- Symbol and structure : a comprehensive framework for language evolution / Derek Bickerton -- On the different origins of symbols and grammar / Michael Tomasello -- Universal grammar and semiotic constraints / Terrence W. Deacon -- The archaeological evidence of language origins : states of art / Iain Davidson -- What are the uniquely human components of the language faculty? / Marc D. Hauser and W. Tecumseh Fitch -- The evolving mirror system : a neural basis for language readiness / Michael A. Arbib -- From hand to mouth : the gestural origins of language / Michael C. Corballis -- The origin and subsequent evolution of language / Robin I.M. Dunbar -- Launching language : the gestural origin of discrete infinity / Michael Studdert-Kennedy and Louis Goldstein -- Motor control, speech, and the evolution of human language / Philip Lieberman --From language learning to language evolution / Simon Kirby and Morten H. Christiansen -- Grammatical assimilation / Ted Briscoe -- Language, learning and evolution / Natalia L. Komarova and Martin A. Nowak
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0620/20 04296931-d.html
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