The Evolution of Language: Towards Gestural Hypotheses

This book discusses the scope and development of the science of language evolution – a newly emergent field that investigates the origin of language. The book is addressed to audiences who are not professionally involved in science and presents the problems of language origins together with introduc...

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Main Author: Zywiczynski, Przemyslaw
Other Authors: Wacewicz, Slawomir
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2019
Series:Dis/Continuities
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Summary:This book discusses the scope and development of the science of language evolution – a newly emergent field that investigates the origin of language. The book is addressed to audiences who are not professionally involved in science and presents the problems of language origins together with introductory information on such topics as the theory of evolution, elements of linguistic theory, the neural infrastructure of language or the signalling theory.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (286 p.)
ISBN:9783631793930
9783631790229
b15805
9783631793954
9783631793947