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Studies in Language Origins: Volume 2
Edited by Walburga von Raffler-Engel, Jan Wind and Abraham Jonker
[Not in series LOS 2] 1991
► pp. v–vi

Table of contents

Notes on contributorsvii
Introduction: Why study the origin of language?xv
The origin of language according to the Bible1
Relationships of language evolution to hominid population expansion from lower paleolithic times onward21
The origin of human language35
On the origins of language and self-consciousness41
Evolution of the cerebellum: Did it contribute to the evolution of language?51
Are male and female Homo sapiens selected for different auditory stimuli?65
Defining language77
Processes of communication in the origins of language85
On dating the origin of the modern form of language99
Signing & speaking: competitors, alternatives, or incompatibles?115
The motor theory of language123
A world map of hypothesized language affiliations159
Paleolexicology: A tool toward language origins175
Evolutionary patterns in linguistics187
Some observations on evolutionary concepts in current linguistics225
On metaphoric communication as the original protolanguage245
Semantic polarity and the origin of language263
Desiderata for an evolutionary account of the origins of language285
Intonation and the phonemic inventory299
Paleofiction and language origins311
Name index331
Subject index339


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