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245 0 4 _aThe Emergence of language :
_bdevelopment and evolution : readings from Scientific American magazine /
_cedited by William S.-Y. Wang.
260 _aNew York :
_bW.H. Freeman,
_cc1991.
300 _axiv, 182 p. :
_bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
337 _aunmediated
338 _avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [173]-174) and index.
505 0 _aAnimal communication / Edward O. Wilson -- Teaching language to an ape / Ann James Premack and David Premack -- The earliest precursor of writing / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- The origins of Indo-European languages / Colin Renfrew -- Creole languages / Derek Bickerton -- Specializations of the human brain / Norman Geschwind -- Learning by instinct / James L. Gould and Peter Marler -- The acoustics of the singing voice / Johan Sundberg -- The perception of speech in early infancy / Peter D. Eimas -- The acquisition of language / Breyne Arlene Moskowitz -- How children learn words / George A. Miller and Patricia M. Gildea -- Dyslexia / Frank R. Vellutino.
650 0 _aLanguage and languages.
700 1 _aWang, William S.-Y.,
_d1933-
730 0 _aScientific American.
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