The social origins of language

Daniel Dor; Chris Knight; Jerome Lewis

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The social origins of language

Daniel Dor (Editor)
, Chris Knight (Editor)
, Jerome Lewis (Editor)

Department of Communication studies

University College London

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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.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Oxford; New York
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Number of pages	435
Edition	First
ISBN (Electronic)	0191643122, 0191779725
ISBN (Print)	019966532X, 0199665338, 9780199665327, 9780199665334
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199665327.001.0001
State	Published - 2014

Publication series

Name	Oxford studies in the evolution of language
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Volume	19

ULI Keywords

uli
Cognition and culture
Human evolution
Language and languages -- Origin
Social behavior in animals
Social evolution
Culture and cognition
Origin of languages
Speech -- Origin
Cultural evolution
Cultural transformation -- Social evolution
Culture, Evolution of

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