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How language began : gesture and speech in human evolution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McNeill, David, 1933-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Series:Approaches to the evolution of language.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Origin.
Speech and gesture.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Gesture and the origin of language
  • What evolved (in part): The Growth Point
  • How it evolved (in part): Mead's Loop
  • Effects of Mead's Loop
  • Ontogenesis in evolution, evolution in ontogenesis
  • Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the growth point.