The origins of meaning
In this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of the way it evolved, James Hurford looks at the origins of meaning and of its expression in language and reviews a mass of evidence to uncover the path between the non-speaking minds of apes and our own speaking minds.
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- Full title :The origins of meaning / James Hurford.
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In this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of the way it evolved, James Hurford looks at the origins of meaning and of its expression in language and reviews a mass of evidence to uncover the path between the non-speaking minds of apes and our own speaking minds.
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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:388 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199207855, 0199207852
- oclc:ocn813558724
- LC Classification:P325
- Dewey Decimal:401.4/3
Table of Contents
PART I MEANING BEFORD COMMUNICATION; 1. Let's Agree on Terms; 2. Animals Approach Human Cognition; 3. A New Kind of Memory Evolves; 4. Animals Form proto-propositions; 5. Towards Human Semantics; PART II COMMUNICATION: WHAT AND WHY?; 6. Communication by Dyadic Acts; 7. Going Triadic: Precursors of Reference; 8. Why Communicate? Squaring With Evolutionary Theory; 9. Cooperation, Fair Play and Trust in Primates; 10. Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
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