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Zusatztext admirably fulfills the promise that [the] title holds, which is to gather together 62 of the best researchers on language evolution Informationen zum Autor Maggie Tallerman is Professor of Linguistics at Newcastle University. She has spent her professional life in North East England, having previously taught for 21 years at Durham University. Her research interests centre on the origins and evolution of syntax and morphology; modern Brythonic Celtic syntax and morphology; and language typology. Her publications include Understanding Syntax (Hodder/OUPUSA, 1998; 3rd edn. 2011); with Robert D. Borsley and David Willis, The Syntax of Welsh (CUP, 2007); and, as editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution (OUP, 2005). She is also the editor of the series Palgrave Modern Linguistics. Kathleen R. Gibson is Professor Emerita, Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Houston. Her co-edited books include, with Sue T. Parker, Language' and Intelligence in Monkeys and Apes (CUP 1990); with Tim Ingold, Tools, Language, and Cognition in Human Evolution (CUP 1993); with Paul Mellars, Modelling the Early Human Mind (McDonald Archaeological Institute 1996); and, with Dean Falk, Evolutionary Anatomy of the Human Neocortex (CUP 2001). She is the co-editor with James R. Hurford of the series, Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language. Klappentext Leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field! including work in animal behaviour; anatomy! genetics and neurology; the prehistory of language; the development of our uniquely linguistic species; and language creation! transmission! and change. Zusammenfassung In The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the field. The Volume's five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behaviour; the biology of language evolution (anatomy, genetics, and neurology); the prehistory of language (when and why did language evolve?); the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and change.Research on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decades. Interdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in human and primate evolution more generally. This book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involved. It highlights the links in different lines of research, shows what has been achieved to date, and considers the most promising directions for future work. The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive science. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Maggie Tallerman and Kathleen R. Gibson: Introduction: The evolution of language; Part 1: Insights From Comparative Animal Behaviour; 2 Kathleen R. Gibson and Maggie Tallerman: Introduction to Part 1: Insights from comparative animal behaviour; 3 Kathleen R. Gibson: Language or Protolanguage? A review of the ape language literature; 4 Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney: Primate Social Cognition as a Precursor to Language; 5 Klaus Zuberbuhler: Cooperative Breeding and the Evolution of Vocal Flexibility; 6 Frans B. M. de Waal and Amy S. Pollick: Gesture as the Most Flexible Modality of Primate Communication; 7 Katie Slocombe: Have we Underestimated Great Ape Vocal Capacities?; 8 Peter Slater: Bird Song and Language; 9 Vincent M. Janik: Vocal Communication and Cognition in Cetaceans; 10 Irene M. Pepperberg: Evolution of Communication and Language: Insights from parrots and songbirds; 11 Kathleen R. Gibson: Are Other Animals as Smart as Great Apes? Do Others Provide Better Mo ...
