The Cradle of Language (Studies in the Evolution of Language, Band 12) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199545863 ISBN 13: 9780199545865

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2009

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The first book to focus on the African origins of human language

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Rudolf Botha is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Stellenbosch, Honorary Professor of Linguistics at Utrecht University, and a Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (2001-02 & 2005-06). His books include Form and Meaning in Word Formation: A Study of Afrikaans Reduplication (CUP 1988), Challenging Chomsky: The Generative Garden Game (Blackwell 1989), and Unravelling the Evolution of Language (Elsevier 2003).
Chris Knight is Professor of Anthropology at the University of East London. Best known for his 1991 book, 'Blood Relations: Menstruation and the origins of culture', he helped initiate the Evolution of Language (evolang) series of international conferences and has published widely on the evolutionary emergence of language and symbolic culture. His next book will be The Human Conspiracy: Speech, deception and the selfish gene.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0199545863
• ISBN 13: 9780199545865
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 408
• Herausgeber: Botha Rudolf, Knight Chris
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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