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Origins of Language
A Slim Guide
Taschenbuch von James R. Hurford
Sprache: Englisch

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This book offers an accessible overview of what is known about the evolution of the human capacity for language and what sets human language apart from the simple communication systems used by non-human animals. It draws on a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, neuroscience, genetics, and animal behaviour.
This book offers an accessible overview of what is known about the evolution of the human capacity for language and what sets human language apart from the simple communication systems used by non-human animals. It draws on a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, neuroscience, genetics, and animal behaviour.
Über den Autor
James R. Hurford is Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh, where he was previously Professor of General Linguistics from 1979 until his retirement in 2009. Over the last 25 years he has pioneered the rebirth of serious scientific interest in the origins and evolution of language. He co-founded with Chris Knight the biennial international conferences on the evolution of language (known as EVOLANG), with Simon Kirby the Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh, and with Kathleen Gibson the OUP series on language evolution. His previous publications include The Origins of Meaning (OUP 2007) and The Origins of Grammar (OUP 2011).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: The prehistory of a very special ape

  • 2: Nature, nurture, and language

  • 3: How trusted talk started

  • 4: Concepts before language

  • 5: We began to speak, and hear differently

  • 6: Coining words

  • 7: Building powerful grammar engines

  • 8: Pronunciation gets complex

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 182
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198701880
ISBN-10: 0198701888
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hurford, James R.
Hersteller: KNV Besorgung
Maße: 216 x 136 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: James R. Hurford
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.03.2014
Gewicht: 0,244 kg
preigu-id: 105495159
Über den Autor
James R. Hurford is Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh, where he was previously Professor of General Linguistics from 1979 until his retirement in 2009. Over the last 25 years he has pioneered the rebirth of serious scientific interest in the origins and evolution of language. He co-founded with Chris Knight the biennial international conferences on the evolution of language (known as EVOLANG), with Simon Kirby the Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh, and with Kathleen Gibson the OUP series on language evolution. His previous publications include The Origins of Meaning (OUP 2007) and The Origins of Grammar (OUP 2011).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: The prehistory of a very special ape

  • 2: Nature, nurture, and language

  • 3: How trusted talk started

  • 4: Concepts before language

  • 5: We began to speak, and hear differently

  • 6: Coining words

  • 7: Building powerful grammar engines

  • 8: Pronunciation gets complex

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 182
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198701880
ISBN-10: 0198701888
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hurford, James R.
Hersteller: KNV Besorgung
Maße: 216 x 136 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: James R. Hurford
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.03.2014
Gewicht: 0,244 kg
preigu-id: 105495159
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