From hand to mouth: the origins of language

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Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1. What Is Language? 1 Chapter 2. Do Animals Have Language? 21 Chapter 3. In the Beginning Was the Gesture 41 Chapter 4. On Our Own Two Feet 66 Chapter 5. Becoming Human 82 Chapter 6. Signed Language 102 Chapter 7. It's All Talk 126 Chapter 8. Why Are We Lopsided? 159 Chapter 9. From Hand to Mouth 184 Chapter 10. Synopsis 213 References 221 Index 247

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Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism

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Published in: Choice Reviews Online

Volume 40, Issue 04, pp. 40-2001

DOI: 10.5860/choice.40-2001

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From hand to mouth: the origins of language

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