| Description |
x, 300 p. : ill. |
| Note |
"Papers presented and discussed at an international symposium held in December of 1988 at Czerniejewo, near Poznan, Poland"--Pref. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Chimps, children, and creoles : the need for caution / Jean Aichison -- Some problems with an evolutionary view of written language / David Barton -- Essentialism in language / Bernard H. Bichakjian -- The invention of the syllable : reflections of a humanist on the biology of language / Robert Payson Creed -- Genetic classification and the historical method / Angela Della Volpe -- Animal communication and human language : searching for their evolutionary relationship / Gabor Gyori -- From proto-language to grammar / Martin Hildebrand-Nilshon -- The biological imperatives in communicative interaction / Mary Ritchie Key -- Ritual/representation as the semiogenetic precursor of hominid symbol use / Jo Liska -- Language acquisition and the essentialist-evolutionist debate / David J. Messer -- Group selection in the biocultural evolution of language : fate of the Neandertals revisited / Richard G. Milo and Duane Quiatt -- The biology of language / Harvey B. Sarles -- A possibility of quantum evolution of language / Wodzimierz Sedlak -- Biological and cultural factors in the evolution of language / David Smillie. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Biolinguistics -- Congresses.
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Language and languages -- Origin -- Congresses.
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Historical linguistics -- Congresses.
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Human evolution -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Puppel, Stanisaw.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
902722143X (Eur. : alk. paper) |
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1556194803 (US : alk. paper) |
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9789027221438 |
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9789027274243 (electronic bk.) |
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