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BL
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962731
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b717101
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| Main Entry
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Bickerton, Derek.
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| Title & Author
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Adam's tongue : : how humans made language, how language made humans /\ Derek Bickerton.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Hill and Wang,, 2010.
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286 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0809016478
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: 9780809016471
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-271) and index.
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| Contents
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The size of the problem -- Thinking like engineers -- Singing apes? -- Chatting apes? -- Niches aren't everything (they're the only thing) -- Our ancestors in their niches -- Go to the ant, thou sluggard -- The big bang -- The challenge from Chomsky -- Making up our minds -- An acorn grows to a sapling -- The sapling becomes an oak.
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| Abstract
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Shows how and why previous attempts to solve that problen have fallen short. Taking cues from topics as diverse as the foraging strategies of ants, the distribution of large prehistoric herbivores and the construction of ecological niches, Bickerton produces a dazzling new alternative to the conventional wisdom.
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Human evolution.
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Language and languages-- Origin.
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Human evolution.
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Language and languages-- Origin.
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| Dewey Classification
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401
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| LC Classification
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P106.B4667 2010
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