The Genesis of Language

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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Part I: Neurobiological advances -- Evolutionary neurology and the origin of language as a cognitive adaptation / Jerison, Harry J. -- Language development and biological programming: behavioral and electrophysiological indices / Molfese, Dennis L. / Molfese, Victoria J. -- Primate communication, comparative neurology, and the origin of language re-examined / Steklis, Horst D. -- Part II: Perceptual bases -- Grasping and the gesture theory of language origins / Fischer, Joseph L. -- Ways to accelerate progress in glottogonic research / Hewes, Gordon W. -- Implication and the evolution of language / Lock, Andrew -- Perceptual bases for the evolution of speech / Warren, Richard M. -- Part III: Fossil evidence -- Neoteny and language evolution / Bichakjian, Bernard H. -- Language evolution and pedomorphosis / Wind, Jan -- Language evolution and pedomorphosis A reply to Jan Wind / Bichakjian, Bernard H. -- Brain size and the evolution of language / Gibson, Kathleen R. -- Laryngeal descent in 40,000 year old fossils / Krantz, Grover S. -- Part IV: Linguistic evidence -- Live speech and preverbal communication / Fónagy, Ivan -- On linguistic territoriality, iconicity and language evolution / Landsberg, Marge E. -- Vestiges of primeval phonology in certain ancient languages / Levin, Saul -- The synchronous development of language and kinesics: Further evidence / Raffler-Engel, Walburga von -- Behavioral flexibility and the evolution of language / Winter, Willem de -- Index

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Marge E. Landsberg

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