Title: The Social Origins of Language Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language
Description: This book presents a new perspective on the origins of language, and highlights the key role of social and cultural dynamics in driving language evolution. It considers, among other questions, the role of gesture in communication, mimesis, play, dance, and song in extant hunter-gatherer communities, and the time-frame for language evolution.
Subjects: Language and languages, origin, Sociolinguistics, Anthropological linguistics, Language and languages, Origin, Social evolution, Cognition and culture, Social behavior in animals, Human evolution