A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution Current Controversies and Future Prospects
This book provides a critical introduction to the current views and controversies regarding language evolution. It sheds new light on hot topics such as: How ancient is language? Did Neanderthals have some form of language? Did language evolve gradually and incrementally, through stages, or suddenly...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham
Springer International Publishing
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Series: | Expert Briefs
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Editor introduction; Helen Aristar-Dry
- 1. Introduction to Divergent Views
- 2. Sudden (Saltationist) Approaches to Language Evolution
- 3. Gradualist Approaches to Language Evolution
- 4. Putting it all Together: The Language-Brain-Genes Loop