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The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language

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by Christine Kenneally


  Janik, Vincent

  Java

  Johns Hopkins Hospital

  Johnson, George

  Journal of Neuroscience

  Kacelnik, Alex

  Kamm, Oliver

  Kanzi (bonobo)

  KE family

  Kenward, Ben

  Kenya

  Khao Yai National Park

  Kirby, Simon

  kissing

  Klein, Richard

  Knight, Chris

  koala

  Kohber, Evelyn

  Koko (gorilla)

  Krubitzer, Leah

  lactose tolerance

  Ladd, Bob

  Lahn, Bruce

  Lamar (elephant)

  Lana (chimpanzee)

  language

  acquisition of

  adaptionist account of

  body parts related to

  brain and

  language (cont.)

  Chomsky’s definition of

  and cognition

  color and

  compositionality and

  cross-modality of

  Darwin on

  endless possibilities of

  genes and

  see also specific genes

  gestures and

  and imagination

  infinitude of

  as information highway

  learning of

  imits of

  mistakes in

  modules of

  as multidimensional

  Neanderthals and

  and numbers

  proto-

  reproduction of

  as set of sentences

  structure of

  symbols and

  as uniquely human phenomenon

  variety of

  as virus

  see also communication; speech

  Language

  Language and Mind (Chomsky)

  Language and Species (Bickerton)

  language change

  language evolution

  animal research and

  Bickerton on

  big genetic bang in

  Bloom on

  “bow-wow” theory of

  Chomsky on

  communication and

  computer models of

  current burgeoning of field of

  Darwin and

  debate over

  evolutionary narratives in

  Fitch and

  future of

  Galápagos Islands infant question and

  genes and

  and gesture evolution

  Gould on

  Hauser on

  importance of

  Jackendoff on

  Lieberman on

  life stages and

  Lyn on

  Pinker on

  “pooh-pooh” theory of

  Rousseau on

  and something to say

  syntax and

  ten-stage theory of

  and uniqueness

  “yo-he-ho” theory of

  language instinct

  Language Instinct, The (Pinker)

  language organ

  language origin

  alarm calls and

  computer model of

  Darwin on

  early experiments on

  papers on

  as unscientific problem

  Language Origin: A Multidisciplinary

  Approach

  Language Origins

  languages:

  extinction of

  tones in

  language suite

  larynx

  “Later Stone Age,”

  Leakey, Mary

  Leavens, David

  left hemisphere

  Leipzig gesture conference

  leopard

  Lerdahl, Fred

  Lewontin, Richard

  lexicons

  lexigrams

  Lieberman, Philip

  basal ganglia and

  on brain

  on cognitive flexibility

  culture and

  on language evolution

  Mount Everest study by

  Parkinson’s disease study by

  Linguistics Society of America

  Linguistics Wars, The (Harris)

  lion

  lips

  lizards

  Locke, John

  logical form

  Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory, The (Chomsky)

  London Philological Society

  London Review of Books

  Lord of the Flies (Golding)

  Loreto, Vittorio

  Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis)

  Lund University

  lungs

  Lupyan, Gary

  Lying Stones of Marrakech, The (Gould)

  Lyn, Heidi

  macaques

  McClelland, Jay

  McCloskey, James

  McCowan, Brenda

  McDermott, Josh

  McGurk effect

  Maclay, Howard

  McNeill, David

  McNeill Laboratory Center

  McWhorter, John

  malaria

  Manhattan Institute

  March 2002 Evolution of Language conference

  Marcus, Gary

  Marino, Lori

  Maryland, University of

  Matata (bonobo)

  Matthews, Peter

  Max Planck Institute

  meaning

  Melbourne, University of

  Mellars, Paul

  memory

  gestures and

  Mensa

  mentally retarded

  metarepresentations

  mice, genes and genome of

  microcephalin gene

  microglia

  mirror neurons

  mirrors

  MIT

  Occasional Papers series at

  Mithen, Steven

  mockingbirds

  Mohawk

  monkey, titi

  monkeys

  brains of

  Campbell’s

  counting ability of

  cries of

  Diana

  generalizing ability of

  gestures by

  humans’ relationship with

  larynx of

  marmoset

  squirrel

  monkeys, capuchin: imitation by

  syntax of

  monkeys, vervet

  alarm calls of

  pitch used by

  Montalbetti, Mario

  Montpellier, University of

  morphemes

  morphology

  Morris Symposium on the Evolution of

  Language

  motherese

  Mount Sinai School of Medicine

  mouths

  Mulcahy, Nicholas

  Munduruku

  music

  muzzle wipe

  Nabu

  narrow syntax

  NASA

  NATO

  Natural History

  natural selection

  Nature Neuroscience

  Neanderthals

  neocortex

  neural circuits

  neural tube

  neurogenetics

  neurons

  mirror

  Neurosciences Institute

  Nevada, University of

  New England Aquarium

  Newmeyer, Frederick

  Newsweek

  Newton, Isaac

  New York Academy of Sciences

  New York Aquarium

  New York Review of Books

  New York Times

  New York University

  Ngatatjara

  Nicaraguan Sign Language

  Nilsson, Dan-Eric

  Nim Chimpsky (chimpanzee)

  Nissley, Lacy

  “Noam’s Ark” (Bever and Montalbetti)

  nose

  numbers

  occipital lobe

  Okavango Delta

  Okla
homa, University of

  Olivier, Laurence

  onomatopoeia

  n On the Origin of Species (Darwin)

  orangutans

  future planning by

  gestures by

  humans’ relationship with

  kissing sounds produced by

  tools used by

  Origins and Evolution of Language and

  Speech

  Orrorin tugenensis

  Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences

  Otx gene

  Oxford University

  Özyürek, Asli

  Pääbo, Svante

  Panbanisha (bonobo)

  Panpanzee (chimpanzee)

  Panthéon

  pantomime

  Papuan languages

  parameters

  Paranthropus boisei

  parietal lobe

  Paris

  Parkinson’s disease

  parrots

  imitation by

  sounds produced by

  past tense

  Patterson, Penny

  PAX6 gene

  Payne, Katy

  Peirce, Charles Sanders

  Pelger, Susanne

  penis offer

  Pennsylvania, University of

  Pepperberg, Irene

  perception

  performance

  “Pessimistic Estimate of the Time

  Required for an Eye to Evolve

  An” (Nilsson and Pelger)

  PET imaging

  phenome

  Phoenix (dolphin)

  phonemes

  phonology

  phrase structure grammar

  phrase structure representations

  phrenology

  Phrygian

  Piatelli-Palmarini, Massimo

  pidgin

  pigs

  Pinker, Steven

  basal ganglia and

  on Chomsky

  on cognitive genetics

  on “critical period” model

  on descended larynx

  on genes and language

  on Gould

  at Gould debate

  Jackendoff’s paper on nonlinguistic thinking with

  on language evolution

  on music

  on speech perception

  work on past tense by

  Pirahã tribe

  pitch

  Pittsburgh, University of

  Plotnik, Joshua

  P-markers

  pointing

  by apes

  by bonobos

  by chimpanzees

  by monkeys

  Poole, Joyce

  population genetics

  porpoises

  poverty of stimulus

  prefrontal cortex

  Premack, David

  primates: calls of

  gestures by

  see also specific primates Prince, Alan

  Princeton University

  Principia Mathematica (Newton)

  principles and parameters theory

  Pritchard, Jonathan

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

  prosody

  Prospect

  Prospect Park Zoo

  protolanguage

  proto-sign

  proto-speech

  Psammetichus, Pharaoh

  psycholinguistics

  psycholinguists

  Purves, Dale

  Pygmy

  Pythagoras

  QRIO humanoid robot

  quail

  Ragir, Sonia

  rats

  basal ganglia possessed by

  genome of

  grooming by

  reciprocation

  recursion

  reflections

  Reiss, Diana

  Relevance: Communication and Cognition (Wilson)

  relevance theory

  Renard, Violette

  rhythm

  Rico (collie)

  Rizzolatti, Giacomo

  Roma, Università di

  Rome Evolution of Language conference (2006)

  Rosen, Charles

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

  Rumbaugh, Duane

  Russell, Bertrand

  Russia

  Sahelanthropus tchadensis (Toumai)

  St. Andrews, University of

  Sanders, Ira

  Sapir, Edward

  Sapolsky, Robert

  Sarah (ape)

  Sarasvati

  Savage-Rumbaugh, Sue

  animals and music studied by

  on brain plasticity

  on language evolution

  Schaik, Carel van

  Schimper (“traveller”)

  Schlaggar, Brad

  Schooler, Jonathan

  Schopenhauer, Arthur

  Schwartz, David

  Science

  Scientific American Frontiers

  seals

  Selfish Gene, The (Dawkins)

  semantics

  semiotics

  Senegal

  Senghas, Ann

  sensory-motor system

  SETI

  sexual selection

  Seyfarth, Robert

  Shannon, Claude

  Sherman, William Tecumseh

  Sherman (chimpanzee)

  sickle-cell gene

  SIGLEC11

  signs, sign language

  Al-Sayyid Bedouin

  American

  homesign

  Nicaraguan

  proto-

  Simpler Syntax (Culicover and Jackendoff)

  Singing Neanderthals, The: The Origins of

  Music, Language, Mind and Body

  (Mithen)

  Skinner, B. F.

  Slocombe, Katie

  social syntax

  Société de Linguistique

  sociobiology

  somatosensory cortex

  songs

  Sony Computer Science Laboratories

  sound

  South Africa

  Southern California, University of

  spandrels

  speech

  brain and

  computer modeling of

  disorders of

  evolution of

  human learning of

  language evolution and

  perception of

  proto-

  universal grammar and

  speech recognition systems

  speech synthesizers

  Sperber, Dan

  spindle cell

  spoonerisms

  Stanford University

  starlings

  Steels, Luc

  Stelfox, Sean

  Stephen, Leslie

  Stephenson, Neal

  stimulus-response

  Sting

  Stony Brook conference

  stuttering

  Sussex, University of

  swearing

  Sweden

  syllables

  Symbolic Species, The (Deacon)

  symbols

  synapses

  syntactic structure

  Syntactic Structures (Chomsky)

  syntactocentrism

 

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