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Publication details [#48611]

Botha, Rudolph P. 2008. Prehistoric shell beads as a window on language evolution. Language & Communication 28 (3) : 197–212.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

evolution of language | historical explanation | inference | language use | pidgin

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

This paper deals with the question whether one can learn something about language evolution from the window of prehistoric shell beads, contrasting this with the pidgin languages window with regard to the inference form they embody and the purpose of their use.