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The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution

Kathleen R. Gibson

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In The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field. Its five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behavior; the biology of language evolution ; the prehistory of language ; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and change.

Research on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decades. Interdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in human and primate evolution more generally. The book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involved. It highlights the links in different lines of research, shows what has been achieved to date, and considers the most promising directions for future work.

The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive science.

Language: English

Pages: 800

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: January 13, 2012

ISBN: 0199541116

ISBN 13: 9780199541119

The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution

Kathleen R. Gibson

4.2/5 ( ratings)

In The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field. Its five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behavior; the biology of language evolution ; the prehistory of language ; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and change.

Research on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decades. Interdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in human and primate evolution more generally. The book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involved. It highlights the links in different lines of research, shows what has been achieved to date, and considers the most promising directions for future work.

The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive science.

Language: English

Pages: 800

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: January 13, 2012

ISBN: 0199541116

ISBN 13: 9780199541119

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