The role of the hand in the evolution of language

Psycoloquy

Volumn 11, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Place, Ullin T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equivalence; Evolution; Gesture; Homesigning; Iconic; Language; Miming; Pointing; Protolanguage; Referring; Sentence; Symbolic; Syntax; Vocalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005986558     PISSN: 10550143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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