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The Prehistory of Language (Hardcover, New)
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The Prehistory of Language (Hardcover, New)
Series: Studies in the Evolution of Language, 11
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'When, why, and how did language evolve?' 'Why do only humans have
language?' This book looks at these and other questions about the
origins and evolution of language. It does so via a rich diversity
of perspectives, including social, cultural, archaeological,
palaeoanthropological, musicological, anatomical, neurobiological,
primatological, and linguistic. Among the subjects it considers
are: how far sociality is a prerequisite for language; the
evolutionary links between language and music; the relation between
natural selection and niche construction; the origins of the
lexicon; the role of social play in language development; the use
of signs by great apes; the evolution of syntax; the evolutionary
biology of language; the insights offered by Chomsky's
biolinguistic approach to mind and language; the emergence of
recursive language; the selectional advantages of the human vocal
tract; and why women speak better than men.
The authors, drawn from all over the world, are prominent
linguists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, archaeologists,
primatologists, social anthropologists, and specialists in
artificial intelligence. As well as explaining what is understood
about the evolution of language, they look squarely at the
formidable obstacles to knowing more - the absence of direct
evidence, for example; the problems of using indirect evidence; the
lack of a common conception of language; confusion about the
operation of natural selection and other processes of change; the
scope for misunderstanding in a multi-disciplinary field, and many
more. Despite these difficulties, the authors in their stylish and
readable contributions to this book are able to show just how much
has been achieved in this most fruitful and fascinating area of
research in the social, natural, and cognitive sciences.
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