The Oxford handbook of language evolution
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The Oxford handbook of language evolution
（Oxford handbooks in linguistics）
Oxford University Press, 2013
- : pbk
Available at 18 libraries
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"First edition published in 2012, first edition published in paperback 2013"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [640]-721) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field. Its five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behaviour; the biology of language evolution; the prehistory of language; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and change.
Research on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decades. Interdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in the evolution of human andanimal communication more generally. This book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involved. It highlights the links between different lines of research, shows what has been achieved, and considers promising directions for the future.
The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive science.
Table of Contents
- PART 1: INSIGHTS FROM COMPARATIVE ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
- PART 2: THE BIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION: ANATOMY, GENETICS, AND NEUROLOGY
- PART 3: THE PRE-HISTORY OF LANGUAGE: WHEN AND WHY DID LANGUAGE EVOLVE?
- PART 4: LAUNCHING LANGUAGE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LINGUISTIC SPECIES
- PART 5: LANGUAGE CHANGE, CREATION, AND TRANSMISSION
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