The prehistory of language / edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight.

• Superior document: Studies in the evolution of language ; 11
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Botha, Rudolf P.; Knight, Chris, 1942-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the evolution of language ; 11.; Oxford linguistics.
• Physical Description: xviii, 348 p. :; ill.
• Other title: Rewards and challenges of multi-perspectival work on the evolution of language and speech /; Why only humans have language /; Is sociality a crucial prerequisite for the emergence of language? /; Holistic communication and the co-evolution of language and music : resurrecting an old idea /; Music as a communicative medium /; Cultural niche construction : evolution's cradle of language /; Playing with meaning : normative function and structure in play /; The ontogeny and phylogeny of non-verbal deixis /; The directed scratch : evidence for a referential gesture in chimpanzees? /; The origins of the lexicon : how a word-store evolved /; Language : symbolization and beyond /; Grammaticalization from a biolinguistic perspective /; Recursion, phonological storage capacity, and the evolution of modern speech /; Why women speak better than men (and its significance for evolution) /; Mosaic neurobiology and anatomical plausibility /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-334) and index.
• ISBN: 9780199545872 (cased); 0199545871 (cased); 019954588X (pbk.); 9780199545889 (pbk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight.