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Author Corballis, Michael C

Title From hand to mouth : the origins of language / Michael C. Corballis
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages : illustrations
Contents What Is Language? -- Do Animals Have Language? -- In the Beginning Was the Gesture -- On Our Own Two Feet -- Becoming Human -- Signed Language -- It's All Talk -- Why Are We Lopsided? -- From Hand to Mouth -- Synopsis
Summary Contains chapters on animal language, chimpanzee communication, and the gestural theory of language evolution
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-246) and indexes
Subject Language and languages -- Origin.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
Language and languages -- Origin
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780691221731
0691221731