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How the brain got language: the mirror system hypothesis/
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Oxford:
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in the evolution of language
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| Online Access: | https://www.amazon.ca/How-Brain-Got-Language-Hypothesis/dp/0199896682?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Setting the stage. Underneath the lampposts ; Perspectives on human languages ; Vocalization and gesture in monkey and ape ; Human brain, monkey brain and praxis ; Mirror neurons & mirror systems
- pt. 2. Developing the hypothesis. Signposts : the argument of the book revealed ; Simple & complex imitation ; Via pantomime to protosign ; Protosign and protospeech. An expanding spiral ; How languages got started ; How the child acquires language ; How languages emerge ; How languages keep changing.