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Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases [Hardcover]

James R. Hurford (Editor), Michael Studdert-Kennedy (Editor), Chris Knight (Editor)


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October 13, 1998 0521630495 978-0521630498
This is one of the first systematic attempts to bring language within the neo-Darwinian framework of modern evolutionary theory. Twenty-four coordinated essays by linguists, phoneticians, anthropologists, psychologists and cognitive scientists explore the origins of the complex structure of human language, emphasizing its social (as opposed to purely practical) bases, and showing the mechanisms by which this structure emerges, is maintained, and develops.

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"The twenty-two contributors span an impressive diversity of fields...The book has many strengths and is a must-read for serious students of the biology evolution of language." Anthropological Linguistics

Book Description

This is one of the first systematic attempts to bring language within the neo-Darwinian framework of modern evolutionary theory. 24 co-ordinated essays by linguists, phoneticians, anthropologists, psychologists and cognitive scientists explore the origins of the complex structure of human language, emphasizing its social (as opposed to purely practical) bases, and showing the mechanisms by which this structure emerges, is maintained, and devlops.

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  • Hardcover: 452 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press (October 13, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0521630495
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521630498
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,076,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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