TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hurford,James R.
TI  - The origins of meaning
T2  - Studies in the evolution of language
SN  - 9780199207855 (alk. paper)
U1  - 401.43 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Semantics
KW  - History
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Communication
KW  - Evolution
KW  - HHUUEENN
KW  - November2019
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of the way it evolved, James Hurford looks at the origins of meaning and of its expression in language and reviews a mass of evidence to uncover the evolutionary path between the non-speaking minds of apes and our own speaking minds. This is a landmark contribution to the understanding of linguistic and thinking processes, and the fullest account yet published of the evolution of language and. communication. - ;In this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of the
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007014220.html
ER  -