Language origins :  perspectives on evolution / 
edited by Maggie Tallerman. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2005. 
 - 1 online resource (xx, 426 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Studies in the evolution of language ;  4. .
 - Studies in the evolution of language ;  4. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-421) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : Language origins and evolutionary processes / Maggie Tallerman -- pt. 1. Evolution of speech and speech sounds : how did spoken language emerge? Introduction to part 1 : How did links between perception and production emerge for spoken language? / Michael Studdert-Kennedy ; The mirror system hypothesis : how did protolanguage evolve? / Michael Arbib ; How did language go discrete? / Michael Studdert-Kennedy ; From holistic to discrete speech sounds : the blind snowflake-maker hypothesis / Pierre-Yves Oudeyer ; Infant-directed speech and evolution of language / Bart de Boer -- pt. 2. Evolution of grammar : how did syntax and morphology emerge? Introduction to part 2 : Protolanguage and the development of complexity / Maggie Tallerman. Initial syntax and modern syntax : did the clause evolve from the syllable? / Maggie Tallerman ; The potential role of production in the evolution of syntax / Dana McDaniel ; The evolutionary origin of morphology / Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy ; The evolution of grammatical structures and 'functional need' explanations / Bernard Comrie and Tania Kuteva ; Deception and mate selection : some implications for relevance and the evolution of language / Bradley Franks and Kate Rigby -- pt. 3. Analogous and homologous traits : what can we learn from other species? Introduction to pt. 3. The broadening scope of animal communication research / Alison Wray ; An avian perspective on language evolution : implications of simultaneous development of vocal and physical object combinations by a grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) / Irene Maxine Pepperberg ; Linguistic prerequisites in the primate lineage / Klaus Zuberbühler -- pt. 4. Learnibility and diversity : how did languages emerge and diverge? Introduction to part 4 : Computer modelling widens the focus of language study / James R. Hurford ; Cultural selection for learnability : three principles underlying the view that language adapts to be learnable / Henry Brighton, Simon Kirby, and Kenny Smith ; Co-evolution of the language faculty and languages(s) with decorrelated encodings / Ted Briscoe ; Acquisition and evolution of quasi-regular languages : two puzzles for the price of one / Matthew Roberts, Luca Onnis, and Nick Chater ; Evolution of language diversity : why fitness counts / Zach Solan [and others] ; Mutual exclusivity : communicative success despite conceptual divergence / Andrew D.M. Smith. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1423769732 9781423769736 9786610758500 6610758506 9780199279043 0199279047 9780199279036 0199279039 1280758503 9781280758508 0191557439 9780191557439 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005299382 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA555508  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013241081 013241081  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages--Origin.<br/>Human evolution.<br/>Language and languages--Philosophy.<br/>Genetic Phenomena.<br/>Communication.<br/>Biological Phenomena.<br/>Behavior.<br/>Information Science.<br/>Phenomena and Processes.<br/>Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.<br/>Psychiatry and Psychology.<br/>Language.<br/>Biological Evolution.<br/>LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--General.<br/>Human evolution.<br/>Language and languages--Origin.<br/>Language and languages--Philosophy.<br/>Taalgenese.<br/>Languages & Literatures.<br/>Philology & Linguistics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Language origins. Evolution. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P116  / .L36 2005eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>401  / L287