Ronald Planer, Kim Sterelny

From Signal to Symbol

The Evolution of Language

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"An original argument to explain the "language gap" between humans and other primates, drawing on research from evolutionary biology, paleobiology, and archaeology"--

Produktdetails

• Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology
• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 158mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9780262045971
• ISBN-10: 0262045974
• Artikelnr.: 62025893

Autorenporträt

Ronald J. Planer and Kim Sterelny

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
1 An Intractable Challenge? 1
2 Toward Protolanguage 31
3 Let’s Sign (and Speak) Erectine 65
4 Composite Signs 95
5 Grammatical Structure 117
6 The Firelight Niche: From Sign to Speech 155
7 From Protolanguage to Language 181
8 Without Miracles? 213
Glossary 223
Notes 229
References 239
Index 265