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In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory

2008 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory by : John D. Bengtson

Download or read book In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory written by John D. Bengtson. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled in honor and celebration of veteran anthropologist Harold C. Fleming, this book contains 23 articles by anthropologists (in the general sense) from the four main disciplines of prehistory: archaeology, biogenetics, paleoanthropology, and genetic (historical) linguistics. Because of Professor Fleming's major focus on language — he founded the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory and the journal Mother Tongue — the content of the book is heavily tilted toward the study of human language, its origins, historical development, and taxonomy. Because of Fleming's extensive field experience in Africa some of the articles deal with African topics. This volume is intended to exemplify the principle, in the words of Fleming himself, that each of the four disciplines is enriched when it combines with any one of the other four. The authors are representative of the cutting edge of their respective fields, and this book is unusual in including contributions from a wide range of anthropological fields rather than concentrating in any one of them.

Language in Prehistory

2016-01-14 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Language in Prehistory by : Alan Barnard

Download or read book Language in Prehistory written by Alan Barnard. This book was released on 2016-01-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking an anthropological perspective, Alan Barnard explores the evolution of language by investigating the lives and languages of modern hunter-gatherers.

The Origins and Prehistory of Language

1970 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 1970
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Book Synopsis The Origins and Prehistory of Language by : Géza Révész

Download or read book The Origins and Prehistory of Language written by Géza Révész. This book was released on 1970. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Prehistory of Languages

2018-12-03 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2018-12-03
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Book Synopsis The Prehistory of Languages by : Mary R. Haas

Download or read book The Prehistory of Languages written by Mary R. Haas. This book was released on 2018-12-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "The Prehistory of Languages".

The Prehistory of Language

2009-04-23 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis The Prehistory of Language by : Rudolf Botha

Download or read book The Prehistory of Language written by Rudolf Botha. This book was released on 2009-04-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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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