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Auteur(s) : Botha, Rudolf P. (1942-....)
Titre(s) : Language evolution [Texte imprimé] : the windows approach / Rudolf Botha
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2016
Description matérielle : X-318 pages ; 24 cm
Collection : Approaches to the evolution of language
Lien à la collection : Approaches to the evolution of language
Comprend : Part I. Preliminaries ; The Windows Approach ; Conceptual foundations of the approach
; Part II. Correlate Windows ; Sea shells, ancient beads and Middle Stone Age symbols
; Fossil skulls and ancestral brains ; Part III. Analogue Windows ; Incipient pidgins
and creoles ; Homesign systems and emergent sign languages ; Modern motherese ;
Hunter-gatherers' use of language ; Language acquisition ; Part IV. Abduction Windows
; Modern music and language ; Comparative animal behaviour ; Part V. Epilogue ;
A tool fit for demystifying language evolution?
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p [284]-311. - index
"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"
Sujet(s) : Linguistique historique
Paléoanthropologie
Changement linguistique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107135130 (rel.). - ISBN 1107135133. - ISBN 9781316501078. - ISBN 1316501078
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45032170q
Notice n° :
FRBNF45032170
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