Approaches to the evolution of language : social and cognitive bases / edited by James R. Hurford, Michael Studdert-Kennedy, and Chris Knight.
Without abandoning the vast gains in phonology and syntax achieved by formal linguistics since the 1950s, this work attempts to bring language within the neo-Darwinian framework of modern evolutionary theory.
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1998.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: new approaches to language evolution / Michael Studdert Kennedy, Chris Knight and James R. Hurford pt. I. Grounding language function in social cognition. 1. Introduction: grounding language function in social cognition / Chris Knight. 2. On discontinuing the continuity discontinuity debate / Jean Aitchison. 3. The origin of language and cognition / Ib Ulbaek. 4. Mimesis and the Executive Suite: missing links in language evolution / Merlin Donald. 5. Ritual/speech coevolution: a solution to the problem of deception / Chris Knight. 6. Theory of mind and the evolution of language / Robin Dunbar. 7. Old wives' tales: the gossip hypothesis and the reliability of cheap signals / Camilla Power. 8. Altruism, status and the origin of relevance / Jean Louis Dessalles. 9. The evolution of language from social intelligence / Robert Worden pt. II. The emergence of phonology. 10. Introduction: the emergence of phonology / Michael Studdert Kennedy. 11. Long call structure in apes as a possible precursor for language / Maria Ujhelyi. 12. Social sound making as a precursor to spoken language / John L. Locke. 13. The particulate origins of language generativity: from syllable to gesture / Michael Studdert Kennedy. 14. Evolution of the mechanisms of language output: comparative neurobiology of vocal and manual communication / Peter F. MacNeilage. 15. Systemic constraints and adaptive change in the formation of sound structure / Bjorn Lindblom. 16. The development of sound systems in human language / Klaus J. Kohler. 17. Synonymy avoidance, phonology and the origin of syntax / Andrew Carstairs McCarthy pt. III. The emergence of syntax. 18. Introduction: the emergence of syntax / James R. Hurford. 19. On the sup.