How language began
Subtitle: gesture and speech in human evolution
By: David McNeill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781107021211
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Origin; Speech and gesture; Language and languages
Description: Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved is central to research on the origins of human communication.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Gesture and the origin of language; title: What evolved (in part): The Growth Point; title: How it evolved (in part): Mead's Loop; title: Effects of Mead's Loop; title: Ontogenesis in evolution, evolution in ontogenesis; title: Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the growth point.