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From hand to mouth: Some critical stages in the evolution of language

From hand to mouth: Some critical stages in the evolution of language
From hand to mouth: Some critical stages in the evolution of language
ABSTRACT: An evolutionary scenario for the evolution of language, beginning with handedness, gesture and pantomime, then propositions and speech, resulting in an all-purpose symbol system capable of expressing any proposition.
445-455
New York Academy of Sciences
Steklis, H.D.
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Harnad, Stevan
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Harnad, S
Steklis, H.D.
Lancaster, J.B.
Steklis, H.D.
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Harnad, Stevan
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Harnad, S
Steklis, H.D.
Lancaster, J.B.

Steklis, H.D. and Harnad, Stevan (1976) From hand to mouth: Some critical stages in the evolution of language. In, Harnad, S, Steklis, H.D. and Lancaster, J.B. (eds.) Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Origins and Evolution of Language and Speech (01/01/76) New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 445-455.

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ABSTRACT: An evolutionary scenario for the evolution of language, beginning with handedness, gesture and pantomime, then propositions and speech, resulting in an all-purpose symbol system capable of expressing any proposition.

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Published date: 1976
Additional Information: in: Harnad, S., Steklis, H. D. & Lancaster, J. B. (eds.) (1976) Origins and Evolution of Language and Speech. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 280. http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Harnad/harnad76.induction.htm Address: New York NY
Venue - Dates: Origins and Evolution of Language and Speech, 1976-01-01
Organisations: Web & Internet Science

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Local EPrints ID: 253346
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/253346
PURE UUID: fa4ba7aa-805a-4aeb-8919-3e9496f41494
ORCID for Stevan Harnad: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6153-1129

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Date deposited: 25 May 2000
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:48

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Author: H.D. Steklis
Author: Stevan Harnad ORCID iD
Editor: S Harnad
Editor: H.D. Steklis
Editor: J.B. Lancaster

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