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Kuhle, Anneliese. Tool intelligence as an explanation of cross-linguistic variation and family resemblance: an evolutionary and typological investigation / Anneliese Kuhle. — 1 online resource — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/1983264.pdf>.

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Subject: Language and languages — Variation.; Tool use in animals.; Language acquisition.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General.; Homology (Biology); Language and languages — Origin.; Psycholinguistics.; Tool use in animals.

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Tool Intelligence as an Explanation of Cross-Linguistic Variation and Family Resemblance
  • Tool Intelligence as an Explanation of Cross-Linguistic Variation and Family Resemblance: An Evolutionary and Typological Investigation
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Abbreviations and Conventions
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1 Languages and Tools
    • Languages, Thought, and Culture
    • The Current State of the Art
    • Tools, Thought, and Culture
    • The Analogy to Language
    • Overview
    • Notes
  • Chapter 2 Language in the Light of Biological Evolution
    • The Faculty of Language Hypothesis
    • The General Intelligence Hypothesis
    • Finding the Missing Link
    • Notes
  • Chapter 3 The Tool Hypothesis
    • Tool Use in Great Apes
    • Tool Intelligence and Social Transmission
    • Patterns of Cultural Variation in Tool Use
    • Predictions for Cultural Variation in Language
    • Notes
  • Chapter 4 Reciprocity in Language (and Beyond)
    • Reciprocal Constructions
    • The Relationship to Social Reciprocity
    • The Language Data
    • The Language-Typological Literature
    • Notes
  • Chapter 5 Structural Variation
    • Nunggubuyu and Other Languages
    • Kâte and Other Languages
    • Ku Waru and Other Languages
    • Notes
  • Chapter 6 Functional Variation
    • Yidiny, Dyirbal, and Dyabugay
    • The Mantharta and Ngayarda Languages
    • Nunggubuyu and Nyulnyulan Languages
    • Notes
  • Chapter 7 Family Resemblances
    • Substantiating the Tool Hypothesis
    • Preliminary Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Chapter 8 The Relationship to Biological Concepts of Reciprocity
    • Arguments for a Connection
    • Arguments Against a Connection
    • Notes
  • Chapter 9 Conclusions
    • Tool Concepts as the Evolutionary Precursor of Language
    • Human Syntax and Social Intelligence—Entering the Human Domain
    • Cross-Linguistic Variation and Family Resemblance
    • The Larger Context of the Debate
    • In a Nutshell
    • Notes
  • Appendix A Language Information
  • Appendix B Language Data Sets
    • Kâte
    • Nyulnyulan Languages
    • Ku Waru
  • Appendix C
    • References for Figure Entries
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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