The evolution of human language
Subtitle: scenarios, principles, and cultural dynamics
By: Wolfgang Wildgen.
Series: Advances in consciousness research,; v. 57
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Language and languages -- Origin.
Description: "Wolfgang Wildgen presents three perspectives on the evolution of language as a key element in the evolution of mankind in terms of the development of human symbol use." "The results of this study allow for new proposals for a 'protolanguage' and for a theory of language within a broader philosophical and semiotic framework, and raises interesting questions as to human consciousness, universal grammar, and linguistic methodology."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index.