Speaking our minds : why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special /: why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas C. Scott-Phillips.
• Authors: Scott-Phillips, Thomas C
• Contents: 1. Two Approaches to Communication 2. The Emergence of Communication Systems 3. Cognition and Communication 4. The Evolution of Ostensive Communication 5. Crossing the Rubicon 6. Evolutionary Adaptation Epilogue: The Big Questions Answered
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (212 pages), (8 illustrations)
• Subjects: 417/.7; Life Sciences/Evolution; Language and languages -- Origin; Historical linguistics; Language and languages -- Etymology; Language; Linguistics/Pragmatics; Psychology; Anthropology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137315632; 1137315636
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.