How language began : gesture and speech in human evolution /
McNeill, David, Dr.
How language began : gesture and speech in human evolution / David McNeill. - xiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-256) and index.
Introduction: Gesture and the origin of language -- What evolved (in part): The Growth Point -- How it evolved (in part): Mead's Loop -- Effects of Mead's Loop -- Ontogenesis in evolution, evolution in ontogenesis -- Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the growth point.
9781107605497 (paperback : alkaline paper)
2012021835
Language and languages--Origin.
Speech and gesture.
P116 / .M455 2012
401 MCN
How language began : gesture and speech in human evolution / David McNeill. - xiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-256) and index.
Introduction: Gesture and the origin of language -- What evolved (in part): The Growth Point -- How it evolved (in part): Mead's Loop -- Effects of Mead's Loop -- Ontogenesis in evolution, evolution in ontogenesis -- Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the growth point.
9781107605497 (paperback : alkaline paper)
2012021835
Language and languages--Origin.
Speech and gesture.
P116 / .M455 2012
401 MCN