The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language
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Birth of the Mind, The (Marcus)
Blackburn, Robin
Blake, Joanna
Blombos Cave
Bloom, Paul:
at Gould debate
on language evolution
Bogin, Barry
Bonnot, Étienne
bonobos
evolution of
future planning by
gestures by
humans’ relationship to
music enjoyed by
tools used by
Borneo
Boroditsky, Lera
Botswana
Brahma
brain:
ape
bird
chimpanzee
gorilla
monkey
primate
whale
see also specific brain components
brain, human
big genetic bang and
computer analogy of
damage to
growth rates of
language and
negative selection and
plasticity of
size of
speech and syntax overlap in
Brandeis University
breathing
Brehm, Alfred
Broca’s area
Brodmann’s area
Brown University
Budongo Forest
Bully for Brontosaurus (Gould)
Bush, George H.W.
Bush, George W.
Bybee, Joan
California, University of
Call, Josep
Cambridge, University of
Cambridge survey of linguistics
Cantalupo, Claudio
Carnegie Mellon University
Carr, Philip
Catania, A. Charles
categorical perception
cats
Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi
Central African Republic
cerebellum
cerebral cortex
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Cheney, Dorothy
Chicago, University of
chickens
child language development
children
chimeras
chimpanzees
ancestry of
basal ganglia possessed by
brains of
calls of
concept of zero and
drumming by
EQ of
evolution of
food cries of
generalizing ability of
genome of
gestures by
Goodall’s imitation of
humans’ relationship with
imitation and
larynx of
mouth movements by
pant hoots of
pointing by
reflections understood by
rhythm in dominance displays of
screams of
sound capabilities of
syntax of
chimpanzees (cont.) theory of mind of
tools used by
vocal learning lacking in
“Chimpanzee Stone Age,”
China
chinchillas
Chinese
Chomsky, Noam
apocryphal stories about
changing theories of
conflicts with
on evolution
and infinitude of language
influence of
on Kanzi
language defined by
on language evolution
Lieberman in class of
misunderstandings of
Pinker and Bloom’s paper and
Pinker on
on poverty of stimulus
on starling syntax
style of
on Symbolic Species
universal grammar of
as world’s top intellectual
Christiansen, Morten
Chukchi
Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
Civil War, U.S.
Clever Hans (horse)
click languages
clones
Coburg-Gotha, Duke of
Code, Chris
co-evolution
cognition
animal
and language
nonlinguistic, Pinker and Jackendoff on
Cognition
cognitive genetics
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
colobus
color
Columbia University
combinatorial grammar
combinatorial structure
communication
animal vs. human
baboon
see also gestures; language; pointing
comparative method
competence
conceptual intentional system
Congo, Republic of
Connecticut, University of
connectionism
contingency testers
Corballis, Michael
core syntax
Cornell University
cortex
Cosmides, Leda
Côte d’Ivoire
creole
crows
Culicover, Peter
culture
big genetic bang in
as force of evolution
Darwin, Charles
on language
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (Dennett)
DAVO (speech synthesizer)
Dawkins, Richard
Deacon, Terrence
deaf children
see also signs, sign language
Dediu, Dan
deep structure
dendrites
Déné
Deneubourg, Jean-Louis
Dennett, Daniel
Descent of Man, The (Darwin)
de Waal, Frans
Diamond, Jared
Dick, Fred
Dikika
discrete infinity
DNA
Dobzhansky, Theodosius
dogs
barking of
gestures by
larynx of
numbers understood by
vocal learning lacking in
dolphin research project
dolphins
babbling by
EQ of
gesture imitation by
language entropy of
reflections and
signature whistles of
tools used by
vocal imitation by
Doyle, Laurance
duality of patterning
Duke University
Dunbar, Robin
dyslexia
Dyson, Freeman
Dzanga-Sangha National Park
eagle
East London, University of
Eco, Umberto
Edinburgh, University of
Edinburgh Zoo
Edkins, Joseph
Egypt
Elephant Listening Project
elephants
Elodie (elephant)
Emory University
emotion
Emx gene
Enard, Wolfgang
encephalization quotient (EQ)
English
entropy
Essay on the Origin of Languages (Rousseau)
Ethiopia
Everest, Mount
Everett, Daniel
Everett, Keren
evolution, biological
alarm calls and
Bickerton on
computer model of
concept of zero and
culture as force of
of dolphins
extinction and
of eye
future of
Gould on
of humans
music and
see also co-evolution; language evolution; natural selection; sexual selection
evolutionary linguistics
evolutionary psychology
E
volution of Language conference:
of 1996
of 2004
of 2006
Evolution of the Chinese Language, The (Edkins)
Exeter, University of
eye, evolution of
faces
“Faculty of Language, The” (Hauser Chomsky, and Fitch)
farming
Ferrer i Cancho, Ramon
field linguists
finite state grammar
Fire in the Mind (Johnson)
fish
Fisher, Simon
Fitch, Tecumseh
on alarm calls
on animal perception-production asymmetry
on animal rhythm
on animal speech
on language as uniquely human
on language evolution
on music
tamarin grammar studied by
on visual-auditory links
Fodor, Jerry
formant frequency
fossil record
Fouts, Roger
fowl, sounds produced by
FOXP2 gene
FoxP2 gene (nonhuman version)
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Freedom of Religion Foundation
French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Freud, Sigmund
frogs
From Hand to Mouth: The Origins of
Language (Corballis)
fruit fly, genes and genome of
Fula
fundamental frequency
Gage, Phineas
Galápagos (Vonnegut)
Galápagos Island babies
Gallup, Gordon G.
Gardner, Allan
Gardner, Beatrix
Gardner, Martin
generative grammar
generative linguistics
generative semanticists
generativity
Genes, People, and Languages (Cavalli-Sforza)
genes/genome
language and
of mice
mutations of
of plants
and speech disorders
see also specific genes
genetic drift
Genie (case study)
genomics
Gentner, Timothy
Georgia State University
Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates conference
gestures
evolution and
by humans
language and
listeners and
memory and
universal grammar and
see also pointing
gibbons:
gestures by
syntax of
Gigantopithecus
Gilbert, Aubrey
goats
Golding, William
Goldin-Meadow, Susan
Goodall, Jane
Grafton, Scott
grammar
Grammatical Theory in the United States from Bloomfield to Chomsky
(Matthews)
Grandin, Temple
Great Britain
Greenberg, Joseph
Greenough, William
Griffin (parrot)
Groo, Melissa
grooming
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language (Dunbar)
Guinea
Guthrie (sea lion)
H1
H2
Halle, Morris
Hare, Brian
Harris, Randy Allen
Harvard University
Haskins Laboratories
Hauser, Marc:
animal language differentiation studied by
on animals and music
animals and numbers studied by
on language as uniquely human
on language evolution
on pitch in vervet monkeys
tamarin grammar studied by
Hebrew
hemispherectomy
Herder, Johann Gottfried von
Herman, Lou
Herodotus
Herto, Ethiopia
Hindus
hobbit (Homo floresiensis)
Hockett, Charles
homesign
Homo erectus
H. ergaster
H. floresiensis
H. habilis
H. heidelbergensis
H. rudolfensis
H. sapiens, see humans homology
Hoover (seal)
Hopkins, William D.
Howe, Catherine
HOX genes
human communication vs. animal communication
Human Language and Our Reptilian Brain
humans
ancestry of
apes’ relationship with
bonobos’ relationship with
chimpanzees’ relationship with
EQ of
evolution of see also language evolution
genes and genome of
see also specific genes
gestures by
gorillas’ relationship with
language as unique to
monkeys’ relationship with
orangutans’ relationship with
speech perception by
tool use of
vocal tract in
see also brain, human; infants Hunt, Gavin
hunting
Hurford, Jim
hyenas
Iceland
icons
idioms
Illinois State University
imitation
indexes
Indo-European family
Indonesia
Indonesian (language)
infants
babbling of
categorical perception by
Galápagos Island question of
languages distinguished by
larynxes of
pointing by
speech liked by
inference
Infinite Gift, The (Yang)
Institute for Advanced Study
Institute of Child Health
Internet
intonation
Iowa State University
Israel
Jackendoff, Ray
on Chomsky
on idioms
on language evolution
on music
on nonlinguistic thinking
on protolanguage
on syntax
on ways of thinking about language evolution
Jakobson, Roman
Jallo, George
James IV, King of Scotland