Title The recursive mind : the origins of human language, thought, and civilization / Michael C. Corballis

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2011] ©2011

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Description x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents What is recursion? -- Language and recursion -- Do animals have language? -- How language evolved from hand to mouth -- Reliving the past -- About time -- The grammar of time -- Mind reading -- Language and mind -- The recurring question -- Becoming human -- Becoming modern -- Final thoughts Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Brain -- Evolution. Cognition and culture. Evolutionary psychology. Genetic psychology. Human evolution. Language and languages -- Origin. Thought and thinking. Language. Biological Evolution. Brain. Thinking. LC no. 2010043084 ISBN 0691145474 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780691145471 (cloth : alk. paper)

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