The Origins of Complex Language

The Origins of Complex Language

Author: Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780198238218

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Proposing a theory of the origins of human language ability and presenting an account of the early evolution of language, this text explains why humans are the only language-using animals and challenges the assumption that language is due to intelligence-- jacket cover.


Survey of Western Palestine 1882-1888 13 Volume Hardback Set Including Paperback Introduction, Boxed Maps and Printed Plates

Survey of Western Palestine 1882-1888 13 Volume Hardback Set Including Paperback Introduction, Boxed Maps and Printed Plates

Author: C. R. Conder

Publisher: Archive Editions Limited

Published: 1999-12-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781852078355

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Archive Editions in association with the Palestine Exploration Fund present the re-publication of one of the great standard works of reference for Middle East studies the Survey of Western Palestine carried out between 1871 and 1877 by C. R. Condor and H. H. Kitchener, later Lord Kitchener. We have added the one volume of the Survey of Eastern Palestine to comply with the intention of the original surveyors. The dates 1882-1888 are relevant to the original publication of the volumes rather than the dates of the survey itself.


A Dictionary of Language

A Dictionary of Language

Author: David Crystal

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2001-06

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780226122038

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No ordinary dictionary, David Crystal's Dictionary of Language includes not only descriptions of hundreds of languages literally from A to Z (Abkhaz to Zyryan) and definitions of literary and grammatical concepts, but also explanations of terms used in linguistics, language teaching, and speech pathology. If you are wondering how many people speak Macedonian, Malay, or Makua, or if you're curious about various theories of the origins of language, or if you were always unsure of the difference between structuralism, semiotics, and sociolinguistics, this superbly authoritative dictionary will answer all of your questions and hundred of others.


From Hand to Mouth

From Hand to Mouth

Author: Michael C. Corballis

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780691088037

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Writing with wit and eloquence, Corballis makes nimble reference to literature, mythology, natural history, sports, and contemporary politics as he explains in fascinating detail what is now known about the evolution of language. Line illustrations.


Pejoration

Pejoration

Author: Rita Finkbeiner

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2016-03-31

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 9027267367

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Though “pejoration” is an important notion for linguistic analysis and theory, there is still a lack of theoretical understanding and sound descriptive analysis. In this timely collection, the phenomenon of pejoration is studied from a number of angles. It contains studies from phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and deals with diverse languages and their variants. The collection will appeal to all those linguists with a genuine interest in locating pejoration at the grammar-pragmatics interface.


The Routledge Companion to Semiotics and Linguistics

The Routledge Companion to Semiotics and Linguistics

Author: Paul Cobley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-11-30

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1134545479

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The Routledge Companion to Semiotics and Linguistics opens up the world of semiotics and linguistics for newcomers to the discipline, and provides a useful ready-reference for the more advanced student.


The Origin of Language

The Origin of Language

Author: Merritt Ruhlen

Publisher: Gorgias Press

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781463244965

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This book, The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue, originally published in 1994 by John Wiley & Sons, was written in a more popular style, accessible to an educated general audience, than the more scholarly and academic tome of a similar title, On the Origin of Languages: Studies in Linguistic Taxonomy, published the same year. In The Origin of Language Ruhlen laid out the principles of linguistic genetic classification, i.e., classifying languages into families according to common origins rather than typological features. Ruhlen showed how simple this can be, especially for languages that have diverged for a few millennia, by juxtaposing short lists of basic (non-cultural) words like eye, fire, and tongue. He also showed that the same methods can be used to postulate older and deeper families, often called "macro-families" or "macrophyla," by comparing reconstructed forms from lower-level families. Such deeper families (e.g., Nostratic, Dene-Caucasian, Nilo-Saharan, Austric) are generally more controversial than lower-level families, but Ruhlen did not shy from discussing them if he thought the evidence supported them. Ruhlen was also interested in other fields of anthropology, such as archaeology and human genetics, and brought these fields into play.


Pathways to Language

Pathways to Language

Author: Kyra KARMILOFF

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0674039327

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A remarkable mother-daughter collaboration balances the respected views of a well-known scholar with the fresh perspective of a younger colleague in a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of language acquisition.


The Form of Perfect Living

The Form of Perfect Living

Author: Richard Rolle

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9781512220025

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"The Form of Perfect Living" from Richard Rolle. English religious writer, Bible translator, and hermit (1300-1349).