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Author Cloud, Daniel.
Title The domestication of language : cultural evolution and the uniqueness of the human animal / Daniel Cloud.
Publisher New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
Copyright date ©2015


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Contents Table of Contents; 1. Where Do Words Come From?; 2. The Conventions of a Human Language; 3. The Evolution of Signals; 4. Varieties of Biological Information; 5. The Strange Case of the Chimpanzee; 6. The Problem of Maladaptive Culture; 7. The Cumulative Consequences of a Didactic Adaptation; 8. Meaning, Interpretation, and Language Acquisition; 9. What''s Accomplished in Conversation?; 10. Recapitulation and Moral; References; Index
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ISBN 9780231538282 (electronic bk.)
0231538286 (electronic bk.)
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Author Cloud, Daniel.
Subject Language and languages -- Origin.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Human evolution.
Historical linguistics.
Anthropological linguistics.
Descript 1 online resource (275 pages)
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Contents Table of Contents; 1. Where Do Words Come From?; 2. The Conventions of a Human Language; 3. The Evolution of Signals; 4. Varieties of Biological Information; 5. The Strange Case of the Chimpanzee; 6. The Problem of Maladaptive Culture; 7. The Cumulative Consequences of a Didactic Adaptation; 8. Meaning, Interpretation, and Language Acquisition; 9. What''s Accomplished in Conversation?; 10. Recapitulation and Moral; References; Index
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780231538282 (electronic bk.)
0231538286 (electronic bk.)
Author Cloud, Daniel.
Subject Language and languages -- Origin.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Human evolution.
Historical linguistics.
Anthropological linguistics.

Subject Language and languages -- Origin.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Human evolution.
Historical linguistics.
Anthropological linguistics.
Descript 1 online resource (275 pages)
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Contents Table of Contents; 1. Where Do Words Come From?; 2. The Conventions of a Human Language; 3. The Evolution of Signals; 4. Varieties of Biological Information; 5. The Strange Case of the Chimpanzee; 6. The Problem of Maladaptive Culture; 7. The Cumulative Consequences of a Didactic Adaptation; 8. Meaning, Interpretation, and Language Acquisition; 9. What''s Accomplished in Conversation?; 10. Recapitulation and Moral; References; Index
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780231538282 (electronic bk.)
0231538286 (electronic bk.)
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