Title How language began : gesture and speech in human evolution / David McNeill

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) Series Approaches to the evolution of language Approaches to the evolution of language. Contents Introduction: Gesture and the origin of language -- What evolved (in part): The Growth Point -- How it evolved (in part): Mead's Loop -- Effects of Mead's Loop -- Ontogenesis in evolution, evolution in ontogenesis -- Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the growth point Summary The first book to explain how speech and gesture evolved together into a system that all humans possess Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Language and languages -- Origin. Speech and gesture. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General. Language and languages -- Origin Speech and gesture Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139549752 1139549758 1107605490 9781107605497

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