Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language – serie
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12 produkter
Evolutionary Pragmatics
Communicative Interaction and the Origins of Language
Inbunden, 2025
1419 kr
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This volume explores the new interdisciplinary field of evolutionary pragmatics, which encompasses research on both the evolution of abilities needed for pragmatics and the role of pragmatics in the evolution of language. The biological evolution of linguistic capacities and the cultural evolution …
Evolutionary Syntax
Inbunden, 2015
2306 kr
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This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), a copy of which is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Subject to this …
Evolutionary Syntax
Häftad, 2015
666 kr
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In this book, Ljiljana Progovac proposes a gradualist, adaptationist approach to the evolution of syntax, subject to natural selection. She provides a specific framework for its study, combining the fields of evolutionary biology, theoretical syntax, typology, neuroscience, and genetics. The author …
The Origins of Grammar
Language in the Light of Evolution II
Inbunden, 2011
942 kr
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This is the second of the two closely linked but self-contained volumes that comprise James Hurford's acclaimed exploration of the biological evolution of language. In the first book he looked at the evolutionary origins of meaning, ending as our distant ancestors were about to step over the brink …
The Talking Ape
How Language Evolved
Av Editor
Häftad, 2007
275 kr
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In this fascinating, mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing account of the origins of language ever published. He sheds new light on how language affects the way we think, behave, and relate to each other; and he gives us a deeper understanding of the nature of language …
The Origin of Speech
Häftad, 2010
694 kr
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This book explores the origin and evolution of speech. The human speech system is in a league of its own in the animal kingdom and its possession dwarfs most other evolutionary achievements. During every second of speech we unconsciously use about 225 distinct muscle actions. To investigate the …
The Evolutionary Emergence of Language
Evidence and Inference
Av Rudolf Botha, Martin Everaert
Inbunden, 2013
2894 kr
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The book presents new and stimulating approaches to the study of language evolution and considers their implications for future research. Leading scholars from linguistics, primatology, anthroplogy, and cognitive science consider how language evolution can be understood by means of inference from …
The Evolutionary Emergence of Language
Evidence and Inference
Av Rudolf Botha, Martin Everaert
Häftad, 2013
997 kr
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The book presents new and stimulating approaches to the study of language evolution and considers their implications for future research. Leading scholars from linguistics, primatology, anthroplogy, and cognitive science consider how language evolution can be understood by means of inference from …
The Social Origins of Language
Av Daniel Dor, Chris Knight m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
3019 kr
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This book offers an exciting new perspective on the origins of language. Language is conceptualized as a collective invention, on the model of writing or the wheel, and the book places social and cultural dynamics at the centre of its evolution: language emerged and further developed in human …
The Social Origins of Language
Av Knight Lewis Eds Dor, Daniel Dor m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
1133 kr
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This book offers an exciting new perspective on the origins of language. Language is conceptualized as a collective invention, on the model of writing or the wheel, and the book places social and cultural dynamics at the centre of its evolution: language emerged and further developed in human …
The Nature and Origin of Language
Inbunden, 2013
2810 kr
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This book looks at how the human brain got the capacity for language and how language then evolved. Its four parts are concerned with different views on the emergence of language, with what language is, how it evolved in the human brain, and finally how this process led to the properties of …
The Nature and Origin of Language
Häftad, 2013
1078 kr
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This book looks at how the human brain got the capacity for language and how language then evolved. Its four parts are concerned with different views on the emergence of language, with what language is, how it evolved in the human brain, and finally how this process led to the properties of …
