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| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01900cam a22004337a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780199545858 (acidfree paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780199545865 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
400 |
| Item number |
BOT/C |
| 245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The cradle of language/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
edited by Rudolf Botha, Chris Knight. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Oxford ; |
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New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xviii, 386 p., [12] p. of col. plates : |
| Other physical details |
ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-364) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
1. Introduction: Perspectives on the Evolution of Language in Africa, Chris Knight<br/>2. Earliest Personal Ornaments and Their Significance for the Origin of Language Debate, Francesco d'Errico and Marian Vanhaeren<br/>3. Reading the Artefacts: Gleaning Language Skils From the Middle Stone Age in Southern Africa, Christopher Stuart Henshilwood and Benoit Dubreuil<br/>4. Red Ochre, Body Painting, and Language: Interpreting the Blombos Ochre, Ian Watts<br/>5. Theoretical Underpinnings of Inferences About Languae Evolution: The Syntax Used at Blombos Cave, Rudolf Botha<br/>6. Fossil Cues to the Evolution of Speech, W. Tecumseh Fitch<br/>7. Evidence Against a Genetic-Based Revolution in Language 50,000 Years Ago, Karl C. Diller and Rebecca L. Cann<br/>8. A 'Language-Free' Explanation for Differences Between the European Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Record, Wil Roebroeks and Alexander Verpoorte<br/>9. The Importance of Archaeological Evidence for Investigating the Evolutionary Emergence of Language, Iain Davidson<br/>10. Diversity if Languages, Genes, and the Language Faculty, James R. Hurford and Dan Dediu<br/>11. How Varied Typologically are the Languages of Africa?, Michael Cysouw and Bernard Comrie<br/>12. What Click Languages Can and Can't Tell us About Language Origins, Bonny Sands and Tom Guldemann<br/>13. Social Origins: Sharing, Exchange, Kinship, Alan Barnard<br/>14. As Well as Words: Congo Pygmy Hunting, Mimicry, and Play, Jerome Lewis<br/>15. Sexual Selection Models for the Emergence of Symbolic Communication: Why They Should be Reversed, Camilla Power<br/>16. Language, Ochre, and the Rule of Law, Chris Knight |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT |
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| Keyword |
Language and languages |
| General subdivision |
Origin. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT |
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| Keyword |
Historical linguistics |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT |
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| Keyword |
Anthropological linguistics |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT |
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| Keyword |
Sociolinguistics |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Botha, Rudolf P |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Knight, Chris |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
General Books |
