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020			_a9780521814508 (hardback) _cRM336.56
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100	1		_aMcMahon, April M. S. _941565
245	1	0	_aEvolutionary linguistics / _cApril McMahon and Robert McMahon.
260			_aCambridge [England] : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_axviii, 309 p. : _bill. ; _c26 cm.
490	1		_aCambridge textbooks in linguistics.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-301) and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. Evolution and history; 2. Evidence for evolution; 3. The comparative methods; 4. Who, where and when?; 5. The vocal tract; 6. Language and the brain; 7. Language and genes; 8. Big bang or cumulative creep? Saltation versus gradual, adaptive evolution; 9. From protolanguage to language.
520			_a'How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? When, why and where did our ancestors become linguistic animals, and what has happened since? This book provides a clear, comprehensive but lively introduction to these interdisciplinary debates. Written in an approachable style, it cuts through the complex, sometimes contradictory and often obscure technical languages used in the different scientific disciplines involved in the study of linguistic evolution. Assuming no background knowledge in these disciplines, the book outlines the physical and neurological structures underlying language systems, and the limits of our knowledge concerning their evolution. Discussion questions and further reading lists encourage students to explore the primary literature further, and the final chapter demonstrates that while many questions still remain unanswered, there is a growing consensus as to how modern human languages have arisen as systems by the interplay of evolved structures and cultural transmission'-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xOrigin.
650		0	_aAnthropological linguistics.
650		0	_aHuman evolution.
700	1		_aMcMahon, Robert, _d1964-
830		0	_aCambridge textbooks in linguistics.
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/14508/cover/9780521814508.jpg.
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991			_aFakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan
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