{"product_id":"approaches-to-the-evolution-of-language-social-and-cognitive-bases-paperback-9780521639644","title":"Approaches to the Evolution of Language; Social and Cognitive Bases (Paperback) 9780521639644","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eApproaches to the Evolution of Language\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocial and Cognitive Bases\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book considers language within the framework of modern evolutionary theory, emphasising its social bases.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames R. Hurford (Edited by), Michael Studdert-Kennedy (Edited by), Chris Knight (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521639644, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 17 September 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e456 pages, 10 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 3.1 cm, 0.719 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is one of the first systematic attempts to bring language within the neo-Darwinian framework of modern evolutionary theory, without abandoning the vast gains in phonology and syntax achieved by formal linguistics over the past forty years. The contributors, linguists, psychologists, and paleoanthropologists, address such questions as: what is language as a category of behavior; is it an instrument of thought or of communication; what do individuals know when they know a language; what cognitive, perceptual, and motor capacities must they have to speak, hear, and understand a language? For the past two centuries, scientists have tended to see language function as largely concerned with the exchange of practical information. By contrast, this volume takes as its starting point the view of human intelligence as social, and of language as a device for forming alliances, in exploring the origins of the sound patterns and formal structures that characterize language.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Michael Studdert-Kennedy, Chris Knight, and James R. Hurford\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Grounding Language Function in Social Cognition: 1. Introduction: Grounding language function in social cognition Chris Knight\u003cbr\u003e 2. On discontinuing the continuity-discontinuity debate Jean Aitchison\u003cbr\u003e 3. The origin of language and cognition Ib Ulbaek\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mimesis and the executive suite: missing links in language evolution Merlin Donald\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ritual\/speech co-evolution: a 'selfish gene' solution to the problem of deception Chris Knight\u003cbr\u003e 6. Theory of mind and the evolution of language Robin Dunbar\u003cbr\u003e 7. Old wives' tales: the gossip hypothesis and the reliability of cheap signals Camilla Power\u003cbr\u003e 8. Altruism, status, and the origin of relevance Jean-Louis Dessalles\u003cbr\u003e 9. The evolution of language from social intelligence Robert Worden\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Emergence of Phonology: 10. Introduction: the emergence of phonology Michael Studdert-Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e 11. Long call structure in apes as a possible precursor for language Mária Ujhelyi\u003cbr\u003e 12. Social sound-making as a precursor to spoken language John F. Locke\u003cbr\u003e 13. The particulate origins of language generativity: from syllable to gesture Michael Studdert-Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e 14. Evolution of the mechanisms of language output: comparative neurobiology of vocal and manual communication Peter MacNeilage\u003cbr\u003e 15. Systemic constraints and adaptive change in the formation of sound structure Björn Lindblom\u003cbr\u003e 16. The development of sound systems in human language Klaus J. Kohler\u003cbr\u003e 17. Synonymy avoidance, phonology and the origin of syntax Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Emergence of Syntax: 18. Introduction: the emergence of syntax James R. Hurford\u003cbr\u003e 19. On the supposed 'counterfunctionality' of universal grammar: some evolutionary implications Frederick J. Newmeyer\u003cbr\u003e 20. Language evolution and the minimalist program: the origins of syntax Robert C. Berwick\u003cbr\u003e 21. Catastrophic evolution: the case for a single step from protolanguage to full human language Derek Bickerton\u003cbr\u003e 22. Fitness and the selective adaptation of language Simon Kirby\u003cbr\u003e 23. Synthesizing the origins of language and meaning using co-evolution, self-organization and level formation Luc Steels\u003cbr\u003e 24. Computational simulations of the emergence of grammar John Batali.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical \u0026amp; comparative linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical \u0026amp; comparative linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20\u0026amp;%20comparative%20linguistics%20%5BCFF%5D%22\"\u003eCFF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004211679512,"sku":"9780521639644","price":63.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521639644i_9e22afcc-a6dd-487e-9b0a-61d034c5e85f.jpg?v=1691379411","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/approaches-to-the-evolution-of-language-social-and-cognitive-bases-paperback-9780521639644","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}