Preface and Acknowledgements |
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1 Introduction: The evolution of language |
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PART I INSIGHTS FROM COMPARATIVE ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR |
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2 Introduction to Part I: Insights from comparative animal behaviour |
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3 Language or protolanguage? A review of the ape language literature |
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4 Primate social cognition as a precursor to language |
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59 | (12) |
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5 Cooperative breeding and the evolution of vocal flexibility |
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71 | (11) |
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6 Gesture as the most flexible modality of primate communication |
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82 | (8) |
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7 Have we underestimated great ape vocal capacities? |
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90 | (6) |
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96 | (6) |
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9 Vocal communication and cognition in cetaceans |
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102 | (7) |
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10 Evolution of communication and language: insights from parrots and songbirds |
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109 | (11) |
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11 Are other animals as smart as great apes? Do others provide better models for the evolution of speech or language? |
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120 | (13) |
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PART II THE BIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION: ANATOMY, GENETICS, AND NEUROLOGY |
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12 Introduction to Part II: The biology of language evolution: anatomy, genetics, and neurology |
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133 | (10) |
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13 Innateness and human language: a biological perspective |
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143 | (14) |
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14 Evolutionary biological foundations of the origin of language: the co-evolution of language and brain |
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157 | (11) |
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15 Genetic influences on language evolution: an evaluation of the evidence |
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168 | (8) |
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16 Not the neocortex alone: other brain structures also contribute to speech and language |
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176 | (4) |
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17 The mimetic origins of language |
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180 | (4) |
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18 Evolution of behavioural and brain asymmetries in primates |
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184 | (14) |
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19 Towards an evolutionary biology of language through comparative neuroanatomy |
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198 | (9) |
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20 Mirror systems: evolving imitation and the bridge from praxis to language |
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207 | (9) |
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21 Cognitive prerequisites for the evolution of indirect speech |
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216 | (8) |
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22 The anatomical and physiological basis of human speech production: adaptations and exaptations |
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224 | (15) |
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PART III THE PREHISTORY OF LANGUAGE: WHEN AND WHY DID LANGUAGE EVOLVE? |
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23 Introduction to Part III: The prehistory of language: When and why did language evolve? |
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24 Molecular perspectives on human evolution |
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250 | (8) |
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25 The fossil record: evidence for speech in early hominins |
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258 | (15) |
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26 The genus Homo and the origins of `humanness' |
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273 | (9) |
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27 The Palaeolithic record |
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282 | (14) |
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28 Musicality and language |
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296 | (3) |
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29 Linguistic implications of the earliest personal ornaments |
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299 | (4) |
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30 Inferring modern language from ancient objects |
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31 Natural selection-itis |
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313 | (5) |
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32 The role of hominin mothers and infants in prelinguistic evolution |
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318 | (4) |
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33 Infant-directed speech and language evolution |
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322 | (6) |
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34 Displays of vocal and verbal complexity: a fitness account of language, situated in development |
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328 | (12) |
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35 Tool-dependent foraging strategies and the origin of language |
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340 | (3) |
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36 Gossip and the social origins of language |
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343 | (3) |
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37 Social conditions for the evolutionary emergence of language |
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346 | (7) |
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PART IV LAUNCHING LANGUAGE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LINGUISTIC SPECIES |
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38 Introduction to Part IV: Launching language: the development of a linguistic species |
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353 | (8) |
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39 The role of evolution in shaping the human language faculty |
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361 | (9) |
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40 The origins of meaning |
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370 | (12) |
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41 The origins of language in manual gestures |
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382 | (5) |
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42 From sensorimotor categories and pantomime to grounded symbols and propositions |
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387 | (6) |
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393 | (13) |
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44 Words came first: adaptations for word-learning |
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406 | (11) |
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45 The emergence of phonetic form |
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417 | (6) |
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46 The evolution of phonology |
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423 | (12) |
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47 The evolution of morphology |
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435 | (7) |
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Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy |
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442 | (14) |
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49 The origins of syntactic language |
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456 | (13) |
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50 The evolutionary relevance of more and less complex forms of language |
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469 | (10) |
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Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy |
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479 | (13) |
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52 The emergence of language, from a biolinguistic point of view |
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492 | (13) |
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PART V LANGUAGE CHANGE, CREATION, AND TRANSMISSION IN MODERN HUMANS |
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53 Introduction to Part V: Language change, creation, and transmission in modern humans |
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505 | (7) |
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54 Grammaticalization theory as a tool for reconstructing language evolution |
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512 | (16) |
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55 Domain-general processes as the basis for grammar |
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528 | (9) |
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56 Pidgins, creoles, and the creation of language |
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537 | (8) |
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57 What modern-day gesture can tell us about language evolution |
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545 | (13) |
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58 Monogenesis or polygenesis: a single ancestral language for all humanity? |
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558 | (15) |
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59 Prehistoric population contact and language change |
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573 | (8) |
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60 Why formal models are useful for evolutionary linguists |
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61 Language is an adaptive system: the role of cultural evolution in the origins of structure |
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589 | (16) |
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62 Robotics and embodied agent modelling of the evolution of language |
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605 | (7) |
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63 Self-organization and language evolution |
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612 | (9) |
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64 Statistical learning and language acquisition |
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65 A solution to the logical problem of language evolution: language as an adaptation to the human brain |
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626 | (14) |
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References |
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Author Index |
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Subject Index |
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