From Signal to Symbol
the evolution of language
$106.06
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2022
Summary
From Signal to Symbol: Unraveling the Evolution of Language
In From Signal to Symbol, Ronald Planer and Kim Sterelny propose a novel theory of language - that modern language is the product of a long series of increasingly rich protolanguages evolving over the last two million years. Arguing that language and cognition coevolved, they give a central role to archaeological evidence and attempt to infer cognitive capacities on the basis of that evidence, which they link in turn to com…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262045971 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262045974 |
| Series: | Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology |
| Author: | Ronald Planer, Kim Sterelny |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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”[A] clear step forward….provides a plausible, empirically grounded account of language evolution in a captivating format, striking a difficult balance between brevity, clarity, and richness of documentation and detail….This is not a technical, specialist monograph, rather an accessible synthesis that offers enough ‘big picture’ to satisfy most generalist cognitive science readers, and enough details to keep connoisseurs turning (and annotating) the pages.”—Language and Cognition
About The Author
Ronald Planer
Ronald Planer carried out postdoctoral research at the Australian National University from 2015 to 2020 in the School of Philosophy and is currently a Research Affiliate of the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evolution of Language in the School of Languages and Linguistics at Melbourne University.
Kim Sterelny is Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. He is the coauthor of Language and Reality- An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language and the author of The Evolved Apprentice- How Evolution Made Humans Unique and other books.
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