Book contents
- Ideophones and the Evolution of Language
- Ideophones and the Evolution of Language
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Gestural Origins of Human Language
- 2 What Are Ideophones?
- 3 Lexical Origins of Ideophones
- 4 Vocal Gestures, or Suiting the Word to the Action
- 5 From Doing to Saying, or Ideophones as a Possible Solution to the Ritualization Problem
- 6 Harnessing Ideophones
- 7 Play, Art, and Language
- References
- Topics Index
- Names Index
- Languages Index
1 - The Gestural Origins of Human Language
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 December 2017
- Ideophones and the Evolution of Language
- Ideophones and the Evolution of Language
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Gestural Origins of Human Language
- 2 What Are Ideophones?
- 3 Lexical Origins of Ideophones
- 4 Vocal Gestures, or Suiting the Word to the Action
- 5 From Doing to Saying, or Ideophones as a Possible Solution to the Ritualization Problem
- 6 Harnessing Ideophones
- 7 Play, Art, and Language
- References
- Topics Index
- Names Index
- Languages Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Ideophones and the Evolution of Language , pp. 1 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018