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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:11:03
From: Emma Turner [emma.turner at oup.com]
Subject: The Social Origins of Language: Dor, Knight, Lewis

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Title: The Social Origins of Language 
Series Title: Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language 19  

Publication Year: 2014 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199665327.do 


Author: Daniel Dor
Author: Chris Knight
Author: Jerome Lewis

Hardback: ISBN:  9780199665327 Pages: 528 Price: U.K. £ 90.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9780199665334 Pages: 528 Price: U.K. £ 35.00


Abstract:

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, communities, and the time-frame for language evolution.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Cognitive Science
                     Pragmatics


Written In: English  (eng)

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