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From hand to mouth: the origins of language
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Language EvolutionLinguistic TheoryApplied LinguisticsSpoken LanguageLanguage DocumentationLanguage EcologyWorld LanguagesLanguage AcquisitionHistorical LinguisticsLanguage StudiesAmerican Sign LanguageLanguage 102Language AwarenessSociolinguisticsLanguage ChangeChapter 2Language UseMouth 184Philosophy Of LanguageLanguage PerceptionSign LanguageLanguage SymbiosisLanguage ScienceAnimal CommunicationArtsLinguistics
Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1. What Is Language? 1 Chapter 2. Do Animals Have Language? 21 Chapter 3. In the Beginning Was the Gesture 41 Chapter 4. On Our Own Two Feet 66 Chapter 5. Becoming Human 82 Chapter 6. Signed Language 102 Chapter 7. It's All Talk 126 Chapter 8. Why Are We Lopsided? 159 Chapter 9. From Hand to Mouth 184 Chapter 10. Synopsis 213 References 221 Index 247