The Evolution of Language: Towards Gestural Hypotheses
Author:   Mirosława Buchholtz ,  Przemysław Żywiczyński ,  Sławomir Wacewicz
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   20
ISBN:  

9783631790229


Pages:   286
Publication Date:   30 September 2019
Format:   Hardback
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This book discusses the scope and development of the science of language evolution – a newly emergent field that investigates the origin of language. The book is addressed to audiences who are not professionally involved in science and presents the problems of language origins together with introductory information on such topics as the theory of evolution, elements of linguistic theory, the neural infrastructure of language or the signalling theory.

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Author:   Mirosława Buchholtz ,  Przemysław Żywiczyński ,  Sławomir Wacewicz
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   20
Weight:   0.441kg
ISBN:  

9783631790229


ISBN 10:   3631790228
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   30 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Language origins – Language evolution – Evolutionism – History of linguistics – History of ideas – History of science – Glottogony – Glossogeny – Darwinism – Neo-Darwinian synthesis – Biological foundations of language

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Przemysław Żywiczyński is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the Department of English, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland. Sławomir Wacewicz is an Assistant Professor at the same department. The authors are the founders of NCU’s Center for Language Evolution Studies (CLES).

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