The emergence of protolanguage :: holophrasis vs compositionality /

Somewhere and somehow, in the 5 to 7 million years since the last common ancestors of humans and the great apes, our ancestors "got" language. The authors of this volume all agree that there was no single mutation or cultural innovation that took our ancestors directly from a limited syste...

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Weitere Verfasser: Arbib, Michael A., Bickerton, Derek
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Benjamins current topics ; v. 24.
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Zusammenfassung:Somewhere and somehow, in the 5 to 7 million years since the last common ancestors of humans and the great apes, our ancestors "got" language. The authors of this volume all agree that there was no single mutation or cultural innovation that took our ancestors directly from a limited system of a few vocalizations (primarily innate) and gestures (some learned) to language. They further agree to use the term "protolanguage" for the beginnings of an open system of symbolic communication that provided the bridge to the use of fully expressive languages, rich in both lexicon and grammar. But here c.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 181 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027222541
9027222541
9027287821
9789027287823
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