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Language Evolution Rudolf Botha (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

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Language Evolution par Rudolf Botha (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

Language Evolution Rudolf Botha (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

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Résumé

The lack of direct evidence about language evolution makes it notoriously difficult to study. The Windows Approach gleans indirect evidence about it from phenomena such as fossil skulls, prehistoric shell-beads, homesign systems, pidgin languages and motherese. Botha elucidates, analyses and appraises this approach in detail.

Language Evolution Résumé

Language Evolution: The Windows Approach Rudolf Botha (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

How can we unravel the evolution of language, given that there is no direct evidence about it? Rudolf Botha addresses this intriguing question in his fascinating new book. Inferences can be drawn about language evolution from a range of other phenomena, serving as windows into this prehistoric process. These include shell-beads, fossil skulls and ancestral brains, modern pidgin and creole languages, homesign systems and emergent sign languages, modern motherese, language use of modern hunter-gatherers, first language acquisition, similarities between language and music, and comparative animal behaviour. The first systematic analysis of the Windows Approach, it will be of interest to students and researchers in many disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, palaeontology and primatology, as well as anyone interested in how language evolved.

Language Evolution Avis

'In 2006, Rudie Botha launched an all out attack on the legitimacy of the claim that the South African archaeological site of Blombos had evidence of 'fully syntactic' language 75,000 years ago. No one has been able to counter the logic of his argument, and this book applies that same relentless, illuminating logic to other claims in the study of language origins. In doing so, Botha shows just how carefully any claims must be justified, and just how powerful his Windows Approach is. Students and researchers in archaeology, primatology, linguistics, and comparative ethology cannot ignore this book.' Iain Davidson, University of New England
'This book will prove to be a milestone in the field ... a meticulous, rigorous, and yet highly readable guide.' Paul T. Roberge, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

À propos de Rudolf Botha (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

Rudolf Botha is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and Honorary Professor of Linguistics at Utrecht Institute of Linguistics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Sommaire

Part I. Preliminaries: 1. The Windows Approach; 2. Conceptual foundations of the approach; Part II. Correlate Windows: 3. Sea shells, ancient beads, and Middle Stone Age symbols; 4. Fossil skulls and ancestral brains; Part III. Analogue Windows: 5. Incipient pidgins and creoles; 6. Homesign systems and emergent sign languages; 7. Modern motherese; 8. Hunter-gatherers' use of language; 9. Language acquisition; Part IV. Abduction Windows: 10. Modern music and language; 11. Comparative animal behaviour; Part V. Epilogue: 12. A tool fit for demystifying language evolution?

Informations supplémentaires

GOR007424710
9781316501078
1316501078
Language Evolution: The Windows Approach Rudolf Botha (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Rudolf Botha (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Approaches to the Evolution of Language
Occasion - Très bon état
Broché
Cambridge University Press
2016-03-02
230
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