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
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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