The social origins of language / Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney ; edited and introduced by...
The social origins of language / Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney ; edited and introduced by...
The social origins of language / Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney ; edited and introduced by Michael L. Platt.
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Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2020/0278
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 167 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction / Michael L. Platt -- The social origins of language / Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney -- Linguistics and pragmatics / John McWhorter -- Where is continuity likely to be found? / Ljiljana Progovac -- Fluency effects in human language / Jennifer E. Arnold -- Relational knowledge...
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Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"The origins of human language remain hotly debated. Despite growing appreciation of cognitive and neural continuity between humans and other animals, an evolutionary account of human language--in its modern form--remains as elusive as ever. The Social Origins of Language provides a novel perspective on this question and charts a new path toward it...
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The social origins of language / Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney ; edited and introduced by Michael L. Platt.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-161) and index.
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©2018
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G 2020/0278
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74VKawQKZybM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKawQKZybM
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ISBN
0691177236 hardcover
9780691177236 hardcover
DDC
401
MMS ID
991024285717202626
