Studies in Language Origins
Volume 2
The question of language origin has fascinated people for years. The contributions in the present book stem primarely from the papers presented at the Third International Meeting of the Language Origins Society (LOS) held at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, June 1988. The contributors approach the problem not only from the viewpoint of linguistics, but also from that of anatomy, physiology, social sciences, physical anthropology, paleoanthropology, paleontology, comparative zoology, general biology, ethology, evolutionary biology and psychology.
[Not in series, LOS 2] 1991. xxi, 348 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Notes on contributors | p. vii
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Introduction: Why study the origin of language?Walburga von Raffler-Engel | p. xv
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The origin of language according to the BibleH. Lyn White Miles | p. 1
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Relationships of language evolution to hominid population expansion from lower paleolithic times onwardGordon W. Hewes | p. 21
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The origin of human languageBrunetto Chiarelli | p. 35
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On the origins of language and self-consciousnessAbraham Jonker | p. 41
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Evolution of the cerebellum: Did it contribute to the evolution of language?Henrietta C. Leiner and Alan L. Leiner | p. 51
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Are male and female Homo sapiens selected for different auditory stimuli?Hal J. Daniel | p. 65
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Defining languageRoger W. Wescott | p. 77
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Processes of communication in the origins of languageMichael Tomasello | p. 85
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On dating the origin of the modern form of languageJames L. Fidelholtz | p. 99
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Signing & speaking: competitors, alternatives, or incompatibles?William C. Stokoe | p. 115
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The motor theory of languageRobin Allott | p. 123
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A world map of hypothesized language affiliationsMary Ritchie Key | p. 159
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Paleolexicology: A tool toward language originsJohn D. Bengtson | p. 175
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Evolutionary patterns in linguisticsBernard H. Bichakjian | p. 187
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Some observations on evolutionary concepts in current linguisticsGerrit J. Dimmendaal | p. 225
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On metaphoric communication as the original protolanguageClaire Lindegren Lerman | p. 245
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Semantic polarity and the origin of languageEdna Aphek and Yishai Tobin | p. 263
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Desiderata for an evolutionary account of the origins of languageDavid Smillie | p. 285
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Intonation and the phonemic inventoryLeonard Rolfe | p. 299
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Paleofiction and language originsBoni Kirstein | p. 311
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Name index | p. 331
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Subject index | p. 339
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LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General