The emergence of protolanguage holophrasis vs compositionality
Somewhere and somehow, in the 5 to 7 million years since the last common ancestors of humans and the great apes, our ancestors "got" language. The authors of this volume all agree that there was no single mutation or cultural innovation that took our ancestors directly from a limited syste...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA :
John Benjamins Pub. Co
c2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Benjamins current topics ; v. 24. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31277366*spi |
| Sumario: | Somewhere and somehow, in the 5 to 7 million years since the last common ancestors of humans and the great apes, our ancestors "got" language. The authors of this volume all agree that there was no single mutation or cultural innovation that took our ancestors directly from a limited system of a few vocalizations (primarily innate) and gestures (some learned) to language. They further agree to use the term "protolanguage" for the beginnings of an open system of symbolic communication that provided the bridge to the use of fully expressive languages, rich in both lexicon and grammar. But here c. |
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| Descripción Física: | xi, 181 p. : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9789027222541 9789027287823 |
