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Informationen zum Autor Jean-Louis Dessalles is Associate Professor at Telecom ParisTech, where he organized the Third International Conference on the Evolution of Language in 2000. He is author of L'ordinateur génétique, Aux Origines du langage and La pertinence et ses origines, all published by Hermès-Science. He has published numerous articles in English and French on cognitive science, communication, and language evolution.; James Grieve is an Emeritus Reader at The Australian National University, Canberra. His major translations include works on autism, language and linguistics, myrmecology, Lacour-Gayet's Histoire de l'Australie, books for children, and two parts of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu. He has published a Dictionary of Contemporary French Connectors and two novels for Young Adults . Klappentext Constant exchange of information is integral to our societies. Jean-Louis Dessalles explores how this came into being. He develops a view of language as an instrument for conversation rather than mental representation and thought. Zusammenfassung Constant exchange of information is integral to our societies. Jean-Louis Dessalles explores how this came into being. Presenting language evolution as a natural history of conversation, the author sheds light on the emergence of communication in the hominine congregations, as well as on the human nature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I The Place of Language in Human Evolutionary History 1: Animal and Human Communication 2: Culture, Languages, and Language 3: The Biological Roots of Language 4: Misapprehensions about the Origins of Language 5: Language as an Evolutionary Curiosity 6: The Local Optimality of Language Part II The Functional Anatomy of Speech 7: Putting Sounds Together 8: Protolanguage 9: The Mechanics of Syntax 10: Syntax and Meaning 11: The Structure of Meanings 12: The Emergence of Meaning Part III The Ethology of Language 13: Conversation Behaviour 14: Language as Information 15: The Birth of Argumentation 16: Language as an Evolutionary Paradox 17: The Political Origins of Language 18: Epilogue Reference Index ...
