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The Evolutionary Emergence of Language covers the origins and early evolution of language. Its main purpose is to synthesize current thinking on this topic, particularly from a standpoint in theoretical linguistics. It is suitable for students of human evolution, evolutionary psychology, linguistic anthropology and general linguistics. It is the outcome of a major international conference on the evolution of language and includes contributions from many of the best known figures in this field. Very few truly interdisciplinary volumes on this topic have previously been published.
Language has no counterpart in the animal world. Unique to Homo
sapiens, it appears inseparable from human nature. But how, when
and why did it emerge? The contributors to this volume - linguists,
anthropologists, cognitive scientists, and others - adopt a modern
Darwinian perspective which offers a bold synthesis of the human
and natural sciences. As a feature of human social intelligence,
language evolution is driven by biologically anomalous levels of
social cooperation. Phonetic competence correspondingly reflects
social pressures for vocal imitation, learning, and other forms of
social transmission. Distinctively human social and cultural
strategies gave rise to the complex syntactical structure of
speech. This book, presenting language as a remarkable social
adaptation, testifies to the growing influence of evolutionary
thinking in contemporary linguistics. It will be welcomed by all
those interested in human evolution, evolutionary psychology,
linguistic anthropology, and general linguistics.
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