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EBOOK Origins of Meaning:Language in the Light of Evolution
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191607233
EAN: 8AD31276EB
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Stron: 408
Data wydania: 2007
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In this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the        light of the way it evolved, James Hurford looks at how the world first came to have        a meaning in the minds of animals and how in humans this meaning eventually came to        be expressed as language. He reviews a mass of evidence to show how close some        animals, especially primates and more especially apes, are to the brink of human        language. Apes may not talk to us but they construct rich cognitiverepresentations        of the world around them, and here, he shows, are the evolutionary seeds of abstract        thought - the means of referring to objects, the memory of events, even elements of        the propositional thinking philosophers have hitherto reserved for humans. What        then, he asks, is the evolutionary pathbetween the non-speaking minds of apes and        our own speaking minds? Why don't apes communicate the richness of their thoughts to        each other? Why do humans alone have a unique disposition to reveal their thoughts        in complex detail? Professor Hurford searches a wide range of evidence for the        answers to these central questions, including degrees of trust, the role of        hormones, the ability to read minds, and the willingness to cooperate.Expressing        himself congenially in consistently colloquial language the author builds up a vivid        picture of how mind, language, and meaning evolved over millions of years. His book        is a landmark contribution to the understanding of linguistic and thinking        processes, and the fullest account yet published of the evolution of language and        communication."e;A wonderful read - lucid, informative, and entertaining, while at the        same time never talking down to the reader by sacrificing argumentation for the sake        of 'simplicity'. Likely to be heralded as the major publication dealing with        language evolution to date. Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington

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