Rudolf Botha

Neanderthal Language (eBook, PDF)

Demystifying the Linguistic Powers of our Extinct Cousins

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

By appraising controversial inferences from prehistorians and other scientists, the book addresses the fascinating question of whether Neanderthals had language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108870566
• Artikelnr.: 70908243

Autorenporträt

Rudolf Botha is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and a former Honorary Professor of Linguistics at Utrecht University. Previous works include Language Evolution: The Windows Approach (Cambridge, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Pursuing an intriguing but murky matter
2. Telltale Neanderthal teeth
Part II. Symbolic behaviours: 3. Making and wearing personal ornaments
4. Producing cave art
5. Beautifying bodies
6. Burying the dead
7. Leaping to language
Part III. Non-symbolic behaviours: 8. Making stone tools
9. Teaching stone-tool making
10. Hunting big game
Part IV. Implications: 11. Dispersing the murk
Notes
References
Index.