How language began : gesture and speech in human evolution

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McNeill, David , 1933- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , c2012
Series:Approaches to the evolution of language
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300 |a xiv, 264 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-256) and index 
505 0 |a 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 
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