The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language
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syntax
abstract
basal ganglia and
as computational algorithm
core
evolution of
and homesign
intricacy and power of
narrow
as sophisticated accounting system
syrinx
System of the World, The (Stephenson)
Taï Forest
Taï National Park
Taliban
tamarins
Tamuli (bonobo)
Tanzania
Tecumseh (Indian leader)
Terrace, Herb
Thailand
theory of mind
theta-theory
Thoth
throats
Time
T-markers
Tomasello, Mike
tongues
Toronto, University of
Toumai (Sahelanthropus tchadensis)
Toward an Evolutionary Biology of
Language (Lieberman)
Trager, George
transformations
Trehub, Sandra
Tufts University
Turkana Boy
Uganda
universal grammar (UG)
University College London Institute of
Child Health
uvula
Vargha-Khadem, Faraneh
Verbal Behavior (Skinner)
verbs
Viking Press Modern Masters series
visual cortex
vocal cords
voice recognition
Vonnegut, Kurt
Wallis, Janette
Washington University
Washoe (ape)
Webb, John
Webster, Noah
Weir, Alex
Wells, Spencer
Wenner-Gren Foundation for
Anthropological Research
Wernicke’s area
WGBH
whales
Whorf, Benjamin Lee
Williams, Robin
Wilson, Deirdre
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
words
age of
alarm calls and
animals and
early learning of
and homesign
as interfaces
invention of
sounds of
World War I
World War II
writing
Wynn, Karen
Yang, Charles
York University
zebra
zero
Zipf, George
Zuberbühler, Klaus
Table of Contents
Prelude
Introduction
I. LANGUAGE IS NOT A THING
Prologue
1. Noam Chomsky
2. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
3. Steven Pinker and Paul Bloom
4. Philip Lieberman
II. IF YOU HAVE HUMAN LANGUAGE…
5. You have something to talk about
6. You have words
7. You have gestures
8. You have speech
9. You have structure
10. You have a human brain
11. Your genes have human mutations
III. WHAT EVOLVES?
12. Species evolve
13. Culture evolves
14. Why things evolve
IV. WHERE NEXT?
15. The future of the debate
16. The future of language and evolution
Epilogue: The babies of Galápagos
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index