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How Language Began : Gesture and Speech in Human Evolution
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Actual ISBN
- 9781107605497
- Book Title
- How Language Began : Gesture and Speech in Human Evolution
- ISBN
- 9781107605497
- Subject Area
- Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology
- Publication Name
- How Language Began : Gesture and Speech in Human Evolution
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Subject
- General, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Series
- Approaches to the Evolution of Language Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Weight
- 19.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 275 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107605490
ISBN-13
9781107605497
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117173105
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
275 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
How Language Began : Gesture and Speech in Human Evolution
Subject
General, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology
Series
Approaches to the Evolution of Language Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
19.4 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
'... grounded in the expertise of more than three decades of studying gestures with speech, this book will significantly change the scholarly debates on language evolution.' Cornelia Mller, Professor of Applied Linguistics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), '... grounded in the expertise of more than three decades of studying gestures with speech, this book will significantly change the scholarly debates on language evolution.' Cornelia Müller, Professor of Applied Linguistics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), 'Long before embodied cognition was a recognized field of study, David McNeill was demonstrating the inseparability of language and gesture. In this new work he extends this pioneering approach to encompass the origins of human language.' Elena Levy, University of Connecticut, '… grounded in the expertise of more than three decades of studying gestures with speech, this book will significantly change the scholarly debates on language evolution.' Cornelia Müller, Professor of Applied Linguistics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Advance praise: 'Long before embodied cognition was a recognized field of study, David McNeill was demonstrating the inseparability of language and gesture. In this new work he extends this pioneering approach to encompass the origins of human language.' Elena Levy, University of Connecticut, '… grounded in the expertise of more than three decades of studying gestures with speech, this book will significantly change the scholarly debates on language evolution.' Cornelia Mller, Professor of Applied Linguistics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
401
Table Of Content
1. Introduction - gesture and the origin of language; 2. What evolved (in part) - the Growth Point; 3. How it evolved (in part) - Mead's Loop; 4. Effects of Mead's Loop; 5. Ontogenesis in evolution - evolution in ontogenesis; 6. Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the Growth Point.
Synopsis
Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved is central to research on the origins of human communication. Written by one of the pioneers of the field, this is the first book to explain how speech and gesture evolved together into a system that all humans possess. Nearly all theorizing about the origins of language either ignores gesture, views it as an add-on or supposes that language began in gesture and was later replaced by speech. David McNeill challenges the popular 'gesture-first' theory that language first emerged in a gesture-only form and proposes a groundbreaking theory of the evolution of language which explains how speech and gesture became unified., Written by one of the pioneers of the field, this is the first book to explain how speech and gesture evolved together into a system that all humans possess. David McNeill challenges the popular 'gesture-first' theory and proposes a groundbreaking theory of the evolution of language.
LC Classification Number
P95
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