The talking ape : how language evolved
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Robbins Burling
- ناشر : New York : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9780199279401
Description
Preface vii Acknowledgements ix 1. In the beginning 1 2. Smiles, winks, and words 23 3. Truths and lies 48 4. The mind and language 65 5. Signs and symbols 92 6. Icons gained and icons lost 105 7. From a few sounds to many words 122 8. Syntax: wired and learned 145 9. Step-by-step to grammar 164 10. Power, gossip, and seduction 181 11. What has language done to us? 210 Notes 234 Glossary 246 Bibliography 251 Index 269 v Publisher’s note This is the Wfth book to appear in the Oxford University Press series Studies in the Evolution of Language, whose editors are Professor James R. Hurford of the University of Edinburgh and Professor Frederick J. Newmeyer of the University of Washington.
