Social Origins of Language Sel: Ncs P
(Part of the Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language Series)
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This book offers an exciting new perspective on the origins of language. Language is conceptualized as a collective invention, on the model of writing or the wheel, and the book places social and cultural dynamics at the centre of its evolution: language emerged and further developed in human communities already suffused with meaning and communication, mimesis, ritual, song and dance, alloparenting, new divisions of labour and revolutionary changes...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199665338
ISBN13:9780199665334
Release Date:August 2014
Publisher:Oxford University Press (UK)
Length:452 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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