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Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases

Edited by James R. Hurford, Michael Studdert-Kennedy, Chris Knight.  Cambridge University Press. (1998)
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This is one of the first systematic attempts to bring language within the neo-Darwinian framework of modern evolutionary theory, without abandoning the vast gains in phonology and syntax achieved by formal linguistics over the past forty years. The contributors, linguists, psychologists, and paleoanthropologists, address such questions as: what is language as a category of behavior; is it an instrument of thought or of communication; what do individuals know when they know a language; what cognitive, perceptual, and motor capacities must they have to speak, hear, and understand a language? For the past two centuries, scientists have tended to see language function as largely concerned with the exchange of practical information. By contrast, this volume takes as its starting point the view of human intelligence as social, and of language as a device for forming alliances, in exploring the origins of the sound patterns and formal structures that characterize language.

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[24]   (5)Aitchison, J. (1998) On discontinuing the continuity-discontinuity debate. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[23]   (110)Batali, J. (1998) Computational simulations of the emergence of grammar. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases, pages 405--426. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[22]   (23)Berwick, R. C. (1998) Language evolution and the minimalist program: The origins of syntax. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[21]    Bickerton, D. (1998) Catastrophic evolution: The case for a single step from protolanguage to full human language. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[20]   (6)Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (1998) Synonymy avoidance, phonology and the origin of syntax. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[19]   (29)Dessalles, J-L. (1998) Altruism, status, and the origin of relevance. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases, pages 130--147. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[18]   (15)Donald, M. (1998) Mimesis and the executive suite: Missing links in language evolution. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[17]   (18)Dunbar, R. (1998) Theory of mind and the evolution of language. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[16]    Hurford, J. (1998) Introduction: The emergence of syntax. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[15]   (34)Kirby, S. (1998) Fitness and the selective adaptation of language. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases, pages 359--383. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[14]    Knight, C. (1998) Ritual/speech co-evolution: A 'selfish gene' solution to the problem of deception. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[13]    Knight, C. (1998) Introduction: Grounding language function in social cognition. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[12]   (4)Kohler, K. J. (1998) The development of sound systems in human language. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[11]   (17)Lindblom, B. (1998) Systemic constraints and adaptive change in the formation of sound structure. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[10]   (2)Locke, J. L. (1998) Social sound-making as a precursor to spoken language. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[9]   (9)MacNeilage, P. F. (1998) Evolution of the mechanisms of language output: Comparative neurobiology of vocal and manual communication. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[8]    Newmeyer, F. J. (1998) On the supposed 'counterfunctionality' of universal grammar: Some evolutionary considerations. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[7]   (15)Power, C. (1998) Old wives' tales: The gossip hypothesis and the reliability of cheap signals. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[6]   (40)Steels, L. (1998) Synthesising the Origins of Language and Meaning Using Co-evolution, Self-organisation and Level formation. In Hurford, J. and Knight, C. and Studdert-Kennedy, M., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases, pages 384--404. Edinburgh University Press.
[5]    Studdert-Kennedy, M. (1998) Introduction: The emergence of phonology. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[4]   (20)Studdert-Kennedy, M. (1998) The particulate origins of language generativity: From syllable to gesture. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[3]   (4)Ujhelyi, M. (1998) Long call structure in apes as a possible precursor for language. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[2]   (8)Ulbaek, I. (1998) The origin of language and cognition. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[1]   (25)Worden, R. (1998) The evolution of language from social intelligence. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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