The talking ape :: how language evolved /

Robbins Burling traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. He examines the qualities of mind and brain needed to support the operations of language; investigates the first links between signs, sounds, and meanings; explores the beginni...

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1. Verfasser: Burling, Robbins
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in the evolution of language ; 5.
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Zusammenfassung:Robbins Burling traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. He examines the qualities of mind and brain needed to support the operations of language; investigates the first links between signs, sounds, and meanings; explores the beginnings and prehistories of vocabulary and grammar; and connects work in field such as linguistics, evolutionary biology, and archaeology. And he does all this in a style that is. crystal-clear, constantly enlivened by wit and humour. - ;In this mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convi.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 286 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index.
ISBN:9780191535451
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