The origins of meaning / James R. Hurford.
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TextSeries: Studies in the evolution of language ; 8 | Language in the light of evolution ; 1Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: xiii, 388 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
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- 9780199207855 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of the way it evolved, James Hurford looks at the origins of meaning and of its expression in language and reviews a mass of evidence to uncover the evolutionary path between the non-speaking minds of apes and our own speaking minds. This is a landmark contribution to the understanding of linguistic and thinking processes, and the fullest account yet published of the evolution of language and. communication. - ;In this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of the.
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