Routes to Child Language : Evolutionary and Developmental Precursors
by
Joanna Blake
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521592992
ISBN-13
9780521592994
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 3rd, 2000
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
549 grams
Dimensions
23.60 x 16.00 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Language acquisition
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This book examines the degree to which apes pave the way to human language, focusing on abilities thought to be critical for language, such as signalling, communicative gestures, tool use, object concept and memory. A review of data shows how these critical abilities influence child language acquisition.
A remarkable case study based on a detailed comparison of non-human primates and human infants brings together key abilities that provide the foundation for language. This link makes the case for phylogenetic continuity across species and ontogenetic continuity from infancy to childhood. Examined here are the fundamental aspects of language acquisition, such as vocalizations, mapping of meaning on to sound, use of gestures to communicate and to symbolize, tool use, object concept and memory. This volume goes a step further to analyse the similarities and differences across species, and how these influence the evolution of language. The author provides evidence linking abilities associated with language acquisition and describes fascinating hypotheses about the origins of language.
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