Social Origins of Language (Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language)

by JeromeLewis (Editor), Chris Knight (Editor), Daniel Dor (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2014

  $229.74

  This book presents a new perspective on the origins of language, and highlights the key role of social and cultural dynamics in driving language evolution. It considers, among other questions, the role of gesture in communication, mimesis, play, dance, and song in extant hunter-gatherer communities, and the time-frame for language evolution.