On the Origins of Language: An Introduction to the Evolution of Human Speech |
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... anatomy and physiology of the larynx have no value . For example , the comparative studies of Negus ( 1949 ) demonstrate that gestural language probably was never the sole medium of communication in the evolution of human lan- guage ...
... anatomy and physiology of the larynx have no value . For example , the comparative studies of Negus ( 1949 ) demonstrate that gestural language probably was never the sole medium of communication in the evolution of human lan- guage ...
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... anatomy that would , with the proper muscular controls , be sufficient to allow it to produce the English sounds [ b ] , [ p ] , [ t ] , [ d ] and the glottal stop [ ? ] as well as prevoiced dental and bilabial stops like those that ...
... anatomy that would , with the proper muscular controls , be sufficient to allow it to produce the English sounds [ b ] , [ p ] , [ t ] , [ d ] and the glottal stop [ ? ] as well as prevoiced dental and bilabial stops like those that ...
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... ANATOMY OF SUPRALARYNGEAL VOCAL TRACT We will start our discussion of modeling by comparing the anatomy of the supralaryngeal vocal tract of an " advanced " nonhuman primate , the chimpanzee , with those of newborn and adult Homo ...
... ANATOMY OF SUPRALARYNGEAL VOCAL TRACT We will start our discussion of modeling by comparing the anatomy of the supralaryngeal vocal tract of an " advanced " nonhuman primate , the chimpanzee , with those of newborn and adult Homo ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Cognitive and Communicative Factors Underlying Language | 5 |
Darwin and Negus | 21 |
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