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BL
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976259
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b730629
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| Main Entry
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Bickerton, Derek.
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| Title & Author
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Language species /\ Derek Bickerton.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, [1990]
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, ©1990
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x, 297 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0226046109
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: 0226046117
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: 9780226046105
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: 9780226046112
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290) and index.
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| Contents
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The continuity paradox -- Language as representation : the atlas -- Language as representation : the itineraries -- The origins of representational systems -- The fossils of language -- The world of the protolanguage -- From protolanguage to language -- Mind, consciousness, and knowledge -- The nature of the species.
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| Abstract
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Drawing on "living linguistic fossils" such as "ape talk," the "two-word" stage of small children, and pidgin languages, and on recent discoveries in paleoanthropology, Bickerton shows how a primitive "protolanguage" could have offered Homo erectus a novel ecological niche. He goes on to demonstrate how this protolanguage could have developed into the languages we speak today. --From publisher's description.
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Human evolution.
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Language and languages-- Origin.
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Biological Evolution.
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Language.
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Homme-- Évolution.
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Langage et langues-- Origines.
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Human evolution.
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Human evolution.
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Language and languages-- Origin.
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Language and languages-- Origin.
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Taalgenese.
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| Dewey Classification
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401
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| LC Classification
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P116.B52 1990
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| NLM classification
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P 116B583L 1990
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17.12bcl
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17.34bcl
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18.00bcl
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| Parallel Title
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Language and species
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