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9784431791010: The Origins of Language: Unraveling Evolutionary Forces
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ISBN 10: 4431791019 ISBN 13: 9784431791010
Editorial: Springer, 2008

Sinopsis

Developments in cognitive science indicate that human and nonhuman primates share a range of behavioral and physiological characteristics that speak to the issue of language origins. This volume has three major themes, woven throughout the chapters. First, it is argued that scientists in animal behavior and anthropology need to move beyond theoretical debate to a more empirically focused and comparative approach to language. Second, those empirical and comparative methods are described, revealing underpinnings of language, some of which are shared by humans and other primates and others of which are unique to humans. New insights are discussed, and several hypotheses emerge concerning the evolutionary forces that led to the "design" of language. Third, evolutionary challenges that led to adaptive changes in communication over time are considered with an eye toward understanding various constraints that channeled the process.

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"The book consists of an introductory chapter followed by eight others, each of which addresses one of the two aspects of language development. The book ... provides a helpful, succinct overview of various aspects of language evolution and offers interesting new hypotheses. ... Masataka was successful in bringing together researchers using very different approaches for an empirically focused and comparative approach to language and its origins." (Tobias Riede, Primates, Vol. 50, 2009)

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Developments in cognitive science indicate that human and nonhuman primates share a range of behavioral and physiological characteristics that speak to the issue of language origins. This volume has three major themes, woven throughout the chapters. First, it is argued that scientists in animal behavior and anthropology need to move beyond theoretical debate to a more empirically focused and comparative approach to language. Second, those empirical and comparative methods are described, revealing underpinnings of language, some of which are shared by humans and other primates and others of which are unique to humans. New insights are discussed, and several hypotheses emerge concerning the evolutionary forces that led to the "design" of language. Third, evolutionary challenges that led to adaptive changes in communication over time are considered with an eye toward understanding various constraints that channeled the process.

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Editorial
Springer
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
4431791019
ISBN 13 
9784431791010
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
168
Editor
Masataka Nobuo
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Darmstadt
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