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1 - The origins of language

George Yule
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The Study of Language , pp. 1 - 9
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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Aitchison, J. (2000) The Seeds of Speech (Canto edition) Cambridge University PressGoogle Scholar
Kenneally, C. (2007) The First WordViking PressGoogle Scholar
Beaken, M. (1996) The Making of LanguageEdinburgh University PressGoogle Scholar
Johannson, S. (2005) Origins of LanguageJohn BenjaminsCrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mithen, S. (2006) The Singing NeanderthalsHarvard University PressGoogle Scholar
Bass, A., Gilland, E. and Baker, R. (2008) “Evolutionary origins for social vocalization in a vertebrate hindbrain-spinal compartment” Science 321 (July 18): 417–421CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jespersen, O. (1922) Language: Its Nature, Development and OriginMacmillanGoogle Scholar
Burling, R. (2005) The Talking ApeOxford University PressGoogle Scholar
Lieberman, P. (1998) Eve Spoke: Human Language and Human EvolutionW. W. NortonGoogle Scholar
Corballis, M. (2002) From Hand to MouthPrinceton University PressGoogle Scholar
Loritz, D. (1999) How the Brain Evolved LanguageOxford University PressGoogle Scholar
Gibson, K. and Ingold, T. (eds.) (1993) Tools, Language and Cognition in Human EvolutionCambridge University Press
Pinker, S. (1994) The Language InstinctWilliam MorrowCrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sampson, G. (2005) The “Language Instinct” Debate (Revised edition) ContinuumGoogle Scholar
Foley, W. (1997) Anthropological LinguisticsBlackwellGoogle Scholar
MacNeilage, P. (1998) “The frame/content theory of evolution of speech production” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21: 499–546Google ScholarPubMed

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