Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution

• Latest developments in a thriving cross-disciplinary project
• Informed by most recent research, including artificial intelligence and neuroscience
• Supported by empirical methods and data
• Covers all aspects of language evolution, including speech, syntax, and the learnability and diversity of language
• Analogous and homologous traits in other species

This book addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from; how it relates to primate communication; how and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and how languages diversified. The chapters are written from the perspective of the latest work in linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and computer science, and reflect the idea that various cognitive, physical, neurological, social, and cultural prerequisites led to the development of full human language.

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[17]			Arbib, M. A. (2005) The Mirror System Hypothesis: How did protolanguage evolve? In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[16]		(5)	Brighton, H., Kirby, S., and Smith, K. (2005) Cultural Selection for Learnability: Three principles underlying the view that language adapts to be learnable. In Tallerman, M., editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
[15]		(1)	Briscoe, E. J. (2005) Coevolution of the language faculty and language(s) with decorrelated encodings. In Tallerman, M., editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
[14]			Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (2005) The Evolutionary Origin of Morphology. In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[13]			Comrie, B. and Kuteva, T. (2005) The Evolution of Grammatical Structures and 'Functional Need' Explanations. In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[12]			Franks, B. and Rigby, K. (2005) Deception and Mate Selection: Some implications for relevance and the evolution of language. In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[11]			Hurford, J. (2005) Computer Modelling Widens the Focus of Language Study. In Tallerman, M., editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
[10]			McDaniel, D. (2005) The Potential Role of Production in the Evolution of Syntax. In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[9]		(1)	Oudeyer, P-Y. (2005) From Holistic to Discrete Speech Sounds: The Blind Snow-Flake Maker Hypothesis. In M. Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution, pages 68--99. Oxford University Press.
[8]			Pepperberg, I. M. (2005) An Avian Perspective on Language Evolution: Implications of simultaneous development of vocal and physical object combinations by a Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus). In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[7]		(1)	Roberts, M., Onnis, L., and Chater, N. (2005) Acquisition and evolution of quasi-regular languages: two puzzles for the price of one. In Tallerman, M., editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution.
[6]		(9)	Smith, A. D. M. (2005) Mutual Exclusivity: Communicative Success Despite Conceptual Divergence. In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[5]			Solan, Z., Ruppin, E., Horn, D., and Edelman, S. (2005) Evolution of Language Diversity: Why fitness counts. In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[4]		(1)	Studdert-Kennedy, M. (2005) How Did Language go Discrete? In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[3]		(2)	Tallerman, M. (2005) Initial Syntax and Modern Syntax: Did the clause evolve from the syllable? In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[2]			Zuberbuhler, K. (2005) Linguistic Prerequisites in the Primate Lineage. In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[1]			de Boer, B. (2005) Infant-Directed Speech and Evolution of Language. In Maggie Tallerman, editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.

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