The social origins of language / edited by Daniel Dor, Chris Knight, and Jerome Lewis
2014, 1st Paperback Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Signed. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #355571
Physical description: 435 pages. Summary: This book presents a new perspective on the origins of language, and highlights the key role of social and cultural dynamics in driving language evolution. It considers, among other questions, the role of gesture in communication, mimesis, play, dance, and song in extant hunter-gatherer communities, and the time-frame for language evolution. Subjects:
Language and languages Origin. Social evolution.
Cognition and culture. Social behavior in animals.
Human evolution. Anthropological linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Price: €75.00