Language
Nina G. Jablonski
Professor and Head Department Anthropology at Penn State
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Nina G. Jablonski
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The Origin and Diversification of Language |
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CONTRIBUTORS
Leslie C. Aiello
Peter Marler
Alex Martin
Robert D. Martin
Paul A. Mellars
Steven Pinker
Johanna Nichols
Colin Renfrew |
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Animal Communication and Human Language
Peter Marler
Chapter 2 The Foundations of Human Language
Leslie C. Aiello
Chapter 3 Comparative Aspects of Human Brain Evolution: Scaling,
Energy Costs and Confounding Variables
Robert D. Martin
Chapter 4 Organization of Semantic Knowledge and the Origin of Words
in the Brain
Alex Martin
Chapter 5 Neanderthals, Modern Humans and the Archeological Evidence
for Language
Paul A. Mellars
Chapter 6 The Evolution of Human Language Faculty
Steven Pinker
Chapter 7 The Origin and Dispersal of Languages: Linguistic Evidence
Johanna Nichols
Chapter 8 The Origins of World Linguistic Diversity: An Archeological
Perspective
Colin Renfrew |
Suggested Citation:
JABLONSKI, NINA G. AND LESLIE C. AIELLO (eds.). 1998. The Origin and
Diversification of Language. San Francisco, CA: California Academy of
Sciences. 200 pp. |
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