This important and original account of the origin and evolution of
speech integrates the latest research in speech, acquisition, and
neurobiology, and includes the key observation infants learning
language reveal similar constraints to those acting on our distant
ancestors. It is written in a clear style with minimal recourse to
jargon.
This book explores the origin and evolution of speech. The human
speech system is in a league of its own in the animal kingdom and
its possession dwarfs most other evolutionary achievements. During
every second of speech we unconsciously use about 225 distinct
muscle actions. To investigate the evolutionary origins of this
prodigious ability, Peter MacNeilage draws on work in linguistics,
cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and animal behaviour. He
puts forward a neo-Darwinian account of speech as a process of
descent in which ancestral vocal capabilities became modified in
response to natural selection pressures for more efficient
communication. His proposals include the crucial observation that
present-day infants learning to produce speech reveal constraints
that were acting on our ancestors as they invented new words long
ago.
Review from previous edition provides a plausible and persuasive account of the origin, evolution and development of speaking...This book does a masterful job of assembling and interpreting all of the evidence we have concerning the evolution of speaking. In the long run it may not be the final word, but until we have a better story, this is the one that must be the prime contender. s James Jenkins, Linguist List d 23/04/2009
"This book does a masterful job of assembling and interpreting all of the evidence we have concerning the evolution of speaking. In the long run it may not be the final word, but until we have a better story, this is the one that must be the prime contender." --Linguist List "Quite compelling" --Mark Aranoff, The Quarterly Review of Biology
Inhaltsangabe
PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Background: The Intellectual Context 2. Getting to the Explanation of Speech PART 2 SPEECH AND ITS ORIGIN: THE FRAME/CONTENT THEORY 3. The Nature of Modern Hominid Speech 4. Speech in Deep TIme: How Speech Got Started PART 3 THE RELATION BETWEEN ONTOGENY AND PHYLOGENY 5. Ontogeny and Phylogeny 1: The Frame Stage 6. Ontogeny and Phylogeny 2: The Frame/Content Stage 7. The Origin of Words: How Frame-Stage Patterns Acquired Meanings PART 4 BRAIN ORGANIZATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF SPEECH 8. Evolution of brain Organization for Speech: Background 9. A Dual Brain System for the Frame/Content Mode 10. Evolution of Cerebral Hemispheric Specialization for Speech PART 5 THE FRAME/CONTENT THEORY AND GENERATIVE LINGUISTICS 11. Generative Phonology and the Origin of Speech 12. The Generative Approach to Speech Acquisition PART 6 A PERSPECTIVE ON SPEECH FROM MANUAL EVOLUTION 13. An Amodal Phonology? Implications of the Existence of Sign Language PART 7 LAST THINGS 14. Ultimate Causes: Genes and Memes 15. Conclusions References Index Studies in the Evolution of Language
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