From hand to mouth : the origins of language
Michael C. Corballis (Author)
Bringing in evidence to bolster what has been a minority view, this text goes beyond earlier supporters of a gestural theory by suggesting why speech eventually (but not completely) supplanted gesture.
Print Book, English, ©2002
Princeton University Press, Princeton (N.J.), ©2002
1 v. (XII-257 p.) : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780691088037, 0691088039
469431753
Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1. What Is Language? 1 Chapter 2. Do Animals Have Language? 21 Chapter 3. In the Beginning Was the Gesture 41 Chapter 4. On Our Own Two Feet 66 Chapter 5. Becoming Human 82 Chapter 6. Signed Language 102 Chapter 7. It's All Talk 126 Chapter 8. Why Are We Lopsided? 159 Chapter 9. From Hand to Mouth 184 Chapter 10. Synopsis 213 References 221 Index 247
Bibliogr. p. 221-246