An evolutionary context for the emergence of language

Language Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 199-206

  Tattersall, Ian ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary process; Human evolution; Language; Symbolic cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027946906     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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