{"product_id":"the-evolutionary-emergence-of-language-social-function-and-the-origins-of-linguistic-form-hardback-9780521781572","title":"The Evolutionary Emergence of Language; Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form (Hardback) 9780521781572","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Evolutionary Emergence of Language\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocial Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book covers the origins of language, combining social and natural science perspectives.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChris Knight (Edited by), Michael Studdert-Kennedy (Edited by), James Hurford (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521781572, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 November 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e440 pages, 68 b\/w illus.  22 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16.1 x 3 cm, 0.704 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … a useful introduction to the social conditions of language evolution.' McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLanguage has no counterpart in the animal world. Unique to Homo sapiens, it appears inseparable from human nature. But how, when and why did it emerge? The contributors to this volume - linguists, anthropologists, cognitive scientists, and others - adopt a modern Darwinian perspective which offers a bold synthesis of the human and natural sciences. As a feature of human social intelligence, language evolution is driven by biologically anomalous levels of social cooperation. Phonetic competence correspondingly reflects social pressures for vocal imitation, learning, and other forms of social transmission. Distinctively human social and cultural strategies gave rise to the complex syntactical structure of speech. This book, presenting language as a remarkable social adaptation, testifies to the growing influence of evolutionary thinking in contemporary linguistics. It will be welcomed by all those interested in human evolution, evolutionary psychology, linguistic anthropology, and general linguistics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Evolution of Cooperative Communication: 1. Introduction: the evolution of cooperative communication Chris Knight\u003cbr\u003e 2. Comprehension, production and conventionalization in the origins of language Robbins Burling\u003cbr\u003e 3. Co-operation, competition and the evolution of pre-linguistic communication Jason Noble\u003cbr\u003e 4. Language and hominid politics Jean-Louis Dessalles\u003cbr\u003e 5. Secret language use at female initiation: bounding gossiping communities Camilla Power\u003cbr\u003e 6. Play as precursor of phonology and syntax Chris Knight\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Emergence of Phonetic Structure: 7. Introduction: the emergence of phonetic structure Michael Studdert-Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e 8. The role of mimesis in infant language development: evidence for phylogeny? Marilyn M. Vihman and Rory A. DePaolis\u003cbr\u003e 9. Evolution of speech: the relation between ontogeny and phylogeny Peter J. MacNeilage and Barbara L. Davis\u003cbr\u003e 10. Evolutionary implications of the particulate principle: imitation and the dissociation of phonetic form from semantic function Michael Studdert-Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e 11. Emergence of sound systems through self-organisation Bart de Boer\u003cbr\u003e 12. Modelling language-physiology coevolution Daniel Livingstone and Colin Fyfe\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Evolution of Syntax: 13. The emergence of syntax James R. Hurford\u003cbr\u003e 14. The spandrels of the linguistic genotype David Lightfoot\u003cbr\u003e 15. The distinction between sentences and noun phrases: an impediment to language evolution? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e 16. How protolanguage became language Derek Bickerton\u003cbr\u003e 17. Holistic utterances in protolanguage: the link from primates to humans Alison Wray\u003cbr\u003e 18. Syntax without natural selection: how compositionality emerges from vocabulary in a population of learners Simon Kirby\u003cbr\u003e 19. Social transmission favours linguistic generalization James R. Hurford\u003cbr\u003e 20. Words, memes and language evolution Robert P. Worden\u003cbr\u003e 21. On the reconstruction of 'proto-world' word order Frederick J. Newmeyer\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e 22. The history, rate and pattern of world linguistic evolution Mark Pagel.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\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":46265078677784,"sku":"9780521781572","price":77.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521781572i.jpg?v=1692019267","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-evolutionary-emergence-of-language-social-function-and-the-origins-of-linguistic-form-hardback-9780521781572","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}