Becoming eloquent
Subtitle: advances in the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern cultures
By: edited by Francesco d'Errico, Jean-Marie Hombert.
Contributors: D'Errico, Francesco.; Hombert, Jean Marie.
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789027232694
Subjects: Anthropological linguistics; Linguistic paleontology; Language and languages -- Origin
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Jean-Marie Hombert and Francesco d'Errico; title: Language and archaeology: From the origin of language to the diversification of languages: What can archaeology and palaeoanthropology say? / Francesco d'Errico, Marian Vanhaeren, Christopher Henshilwood, Graeme Lawson, Bruno Maureille, Dominique Gambier, Anne-Marie Tillier, Marie Soressi and Karen van Niekerk; title: Early diffusion of domestic bovids in Europe: An indicator for human contacts, exchanges and migrations? / Anne Tresset, Ruth Bollongino, Ceiridwen J. Edwards, Sandrine Hughes and Jean-Denis Vigne; title: Language and genes: Linguistic, cultural and genetic perspectives on human diversity in west-central africa / Lolke van der Veen, Lluis Quintana-Murci and David Comas; title: The Berber and the Berbers: genetic and linguistic diversities / Jean-Michel Dugoujon, Clotilde Coudray, Antonio Torroni, Fulvio Cruciani, Rosaria Scozzari, Pedro Moral, Naima Louali and Maarten Kossmann; title: East meets West: The Assam corridor / François Jacquesson; title: Genetic and linguistic diversity in Central Asia / Evelyne Heyer and Philippe Mennecier; title: Genetic and linguistic borders in the Himalayan Region / Thirsa Kraaijenbrink, Emma J. Parkin, Denise R. Carvalho-Silva, George L. van Driem, Guido Barbujani, Chris Tyler-Smith, Mark A. Jobling and Peter de Knijff; title: Language acquisition and language universals: from babbling to first words in four languages: common trends cross language and individual differences / Sophie Kern, Barbara Davis and Inge Zink; title: Language and animal communication: The primate roots of human language: Primate vocal behaviour and cognition in the wild / Klaus Zuberbühler, Karim Ouattara, Anderson Bitty, Alban Lemasson and Ronald Noë; title: Language evolution and computer modeling: Can agent-based language evolution contribute to archeology? / Luc Steels; title: Index.