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The Origins of Language

The Origins of Language What Nonhuman Primates Can Tell Us

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Publisher's Synopsis

Ten anthropologists trade thoughts and findings on primatology and language origins in the papers they prepared for an October 1996 seminar. Their topics include social organization, gestural repertoire size, and communication dynamics; ape language; continuity and discontinuity in language origins; and the invention and ritualization of language.

Book information

ISBN: 9780933452602
Publisher: SAR Press
Imprint: SAR Press
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Language: English
Number of pages: 464
Weight: 680g
Height: 229mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 31mm