The Evolution of Language

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 698-723

  Macneilage, Peter F ^a   Davis, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological factors; Communication; Language evolution; Language transmission; Nikko Tinbergen; Signed language; Sociocultural factors; Spoken language

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548811536     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939376.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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