The recursive mind : the origins of human language, thought, and civilization / Michael C. Corballis

Author: Corballis, Michael C.
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2011]
Copyright Date: ©2011
Physical Description: x, 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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Contents

What is recursion? -- Language and recursion -- Do animals have language? -- How language evolved from hand to mouth -- Reliving the past -- About time -- The grammar of time -- Mind reading -- Language and mind -- The recurring question -- Becoming human -- Becoming modern -- Final thoughts.

Subject(s)

Evolutionary psychology
Language and languages—Origin
Thought and thinking
Cognition and culture
Human evolution
Brain—Evolution
Language
Biological Evolution
Brain
Thinking

ISBN

9780691145471 (cloth : alk. paper)
0691145474 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-279) and index.

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