TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dessalles, Jean-Louis
TI  - Why We Talk: The Evolutionary Origins of Language
SN  - 9780199563463
U1  - 401 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Human evolution
KW  - Language and languages - Origin
N1  - 1. Animal and human communication 2. Culture, languages, and language 3. The biological roots of language 4. Misapprehensions about the origins of language 5. Language as an evolutionary curiosity 6. The local optimally of language 7. Putting sounds together 8. Protolanguage 9. The mechanics of syntax 10. Syntax and meaning 11. The structure of meanings 12. The emergence of meaning 13. Conversation behaviour 14. Language as information 15. The birth of argumentation 16. Language as an evolutionary paradox 17. The political origins of language 18. Epilogue
ER  -