On the Origins of Language: An Introduction to the Evolution of Human Speech |
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... Darwin and Negus 3 Charles Darwin , in The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals ( 1872 ) , laid the foundation for most subsequent studies of the communications of animals . In this comprehensive work , he again makes use of the ...
... Darwin and Negus 3 Charles Darwin , in The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals ( 1872 ) , laid the foundation for most subsequent studies of the communications of animals . In this comprehensive work , he again makes use of the ...
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... Darwin furthermore tends to see the gestural and vocal patterns that serve as the vehi- cles for the expression of emotion in Homo sapiens as surviving fragments of behavioral patterns that once were functional in man's animal - like ...
... Darwin furthermore tends to see the gestural and vocal patterns that serve as the vehi- cles for the expression of emotion in Homo sapiens as surviving fragments of behavioral patterns that once were functional in man's animal - like ...
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... Darwin's prevailing view that all human " expressions " are innately determined . Some of Darwin's examples almost read as attempts at parody . In the discussion of " Shrugging the Shoulders " ( pp . 264-266 ) he relates how this ...
... Darwin's prevailing view that all human " expressions " are innately determined . Some of Darwin's examples almost read as attempts at parody . In the discussion of " Shrugging the Shoulders " ( pp . 264-266 ) he relates how this ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Cognitive and Communicative Factors Underlying Language | 5 |
Darwin and Negus | 21 |
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