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In:Origins of Language: Constraints on hypotheses
Sverker Johansson
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 5] 2005
► pp. v–ix

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Published online: 17 February 2005

https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.5.toc

Table of contents

Prefacex

1. Introduction1

2. What is language?5

3. The theory of evolution13

4. Human origins and evolution41

5. Anatomical and neurological prerequisites77

6. Animal communication in the wild119

7. Can nonhumans be taught language?129

8. Language, mind, and self143

9. Hypotheses of language origins157

10. Why did language evolve?193

11. Protolanguage219

12. Conclusions243

References248

Index331