On the Origins of Language: An Introduction to the Evolution of Human Speech |
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... word refers to one particular item . " The syntax of human language is a productive device . The indi- vidual words of a human language almost never have a single semantic referent . For example , the word bank can function as a noun or ...
... word refers to one particular item . " The syntax of human language is a productive device . The indi- vidual words of a human language almost never have a single semantic referent . For example , the word bank can function as a noun or ...
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... words . In English , the sounds [ b ] and [ p ] in the words bat and pat differ only with respect to when phonation starts relative to the acoustic signal that begins these words . If we were to examine an X - ray movie of a human ...
... words . In English , the sounds [ b ] and [ p ] in the words bat and pat differ only with respect to when phonation starts relative to the acoustic signal that begins these words . If we were to examine an X - ray movie of a human ...
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... word over . The resulting sequences of words will for the most part be unintelligible . The primary function of orthographic punctuation is to indicate the ends of sentences , and the sentence - final " period " symbol is essen- tial ...
... word over . The resulting sequences of words will for the most part be unintelligible . The primary function of orthographic punctuation is to indicate the ends of sentences , and the sentence - final " period " symbol is essen- tial ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Cognitive and Communicative Factors Underlying Language | 5 |
Darwin and Negus | 21 |
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