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New Perspectives on the Origins of Language
Language: en
Pages: 600
Authors: Claire Lefebvre
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-15 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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The question of how language emerged is one of the most fascinating and difficult problems in science. In recent years, a strong resurgence of interest in the e
Music and the Origins of Language
Language: en
Pages: 211
Authors: Downing A. Thomas
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-06-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This study analyses reflections on music and considers ways in which it facilitates links between language and meaning.
The Gestural Origin of Language
Language: en
Pages: 162
Authors: David F. Armstrong
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-04-19 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In The Gestural Origin of Language, Sherman Wilcox and David Armstrong use evidence from and about sign languages to explore the origins of language as we know
The Evolution of Language
Language: en
Pages: 625
Authors: W. Tecumseh Fitch
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-04 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book brings together the most important insights from the vast amount of literature on the origin of language.
Origins of Language
Language: en
Pages: 359
Authors: Sverker Johansson
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-02-17 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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Sverker Johansson has written an unusual book on language origins, with its emphasis on empirical evidence rather than theory-building. This is a book for the s