Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface – Out on a limb
- Acknowledgments
- 1 INTRODUCTION – GESTURE AND THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE
- 2 What evolved (in part) – the growth point
- 3 How it evolved (in part) – Mead's Loop
- 4 Effects of Mead's Loop
- 5 Ontogenesis in evolution – evolution in ontogenesis
- 6 Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the growth point
- Notes
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface – Out on a limb
- Acknowledgments
- 1 INTRODUCTION – GESTURE AND THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE
- 2 What evolved (in part) – the growth point
- 3 How it evolved (in part) – Mead's Loop
- 4 Effects of Mead's Loop
- 5 Ontogenesis in evolution – evolution in ontogenesis
- 6 Alternatives, their limits, and the science base of the growth point
- Notes
- References
- Index
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- How Language BeganGesture and Speech in Human Evolution, pp. 257 - 264Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012