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The talking ape : how language evolved

Title: The talking ape : how language evolved / Robbins Burling.
Author: Burling, Robbins.
Publication: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Description

ix, 286 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in the evolution of language ; 5

Uniform Title

Studies in the evolution of language ; 5.

Subject

Language and languages > Origin

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.

Contents

In the beginning -- Smiles, winks, and words -- Truths and lies -- The mind and language -- Signs and symbols -- Icons gained and icons lost -- From a few sounds to many words -- Syntax : wired and learned -- Step-by-step to grammar -- Power, gossip, and seduction -- What has language done to us?

ISBN

0199279403 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005018558
9780199279401 (alk. paper)

OCLC

ocm60791662
SCSB-5220920

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Columbia University Libraries