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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. She is the co-editor with Kathleen Gibson of the series, Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language.Kathleen 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 Maggie Tallerman 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 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. 1. Introduction: The evolution of language ; PART 1: INSIGHTS FROM COMPARATIVE ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR ; 2. Introduction to Part 1: Insights from comparative animal behaviour ; 3. Language or Protolanguage? A review of the ape language literature ; 4. Primate Social Cognition as a Precursor to Language ; 5. Cooperative Breeding and the Evolution of Vocal Flexibility ; 6. Gesture as the Most Flexible Modality of Primate Communication ; 7. Have we Underestimated Great Ape Vocal Capacities? ; 8. Bird Song and Language ; 9. Vocal Communication and Cognition in Cetaceans ; 10. Evolution of Communication and Language: Insights from parrots and songbirds ; 11. Are Other Animals as Smart as Great Apes? Do Others Provide Better Models for the Evolution of Speech or Language? ; PART 2: THE BIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION: ANATOMY, GENETICS, AND NEUROLOGY ; 12. Introduction to Part 2: The Biology of Language Evolution: Anatomy, genetics, and neurology ; 13. Innateness and Human Language: A biological perspective ; 14. Evolutionary Biological Foundations of the Origin of Language: The co-evolution of language and brain ; 15. Genetic Influences on Languaeg Evolution: An evaluation of the evidence ; 16. Not the Neocortex Alone: Other brain structures also contribute to speech and language ; 17. The Mimetic Origins of Language ; 18. Evolution of Behavioural and Brain Asymmetries in Primates ; 19. Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language Through Comparative Neuroanatomy ; 20. Mirror Systems: Evolving imitation and the bridge from praxis to language ; 21. Cognitive Prerequisites for the Evolution of Indirect Speech ; 22. The Anatomical and Physiological Basis of Human Speech production: Adaptations and exaptations ; PART 3: THE PRE-HISTORY OF LANGUAGE: WHEN AND WHY DID LANGUAGE EVOLVE? ; 23. Introduction to Part 3: The pre-history of Language: When and why did language evolve? ; 24. Molecular Perspective...
