Research Catalog

The evolution of communication / Marc D. Hauser.

Title: The evolution of communication / Marc D. Hauser.
Author: Hauser, Marc D.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1996.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	QL776 .H38 1996	Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

xii, 760 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This text addresses the problem of how communication systems, including language, have been designed over the course of evolution. It integrates conceptual issues and empirical results from neurobiology, cognitive and developmental psychology, linguistics, evolutionary biology, and ethology.

Subject

Note

"A Bradford book."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [655]-728) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Synopsis of the argument -- The Evolution of Communication: Historical Overview -- Conceptual Issues in the Study of Communication -- Neurobiological Design and Communication -- Ontogenetic Design and Communication -- Adaptive Design and Communication -- Psychological Design and Communication -- Comparative communication : future directions.

ISBN

0262082500 (cloth)

LCCN

^^^95052290^

OCLC

33948087

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library