*****cam 22*****7a 4500BOOK-201EQUINOXPUB20240328120004.4080501 2008 at 000 0 eng d9781845535537PB £35 ($45.0)paperback9781845532048HB £75.0 ($95.0)hardbackequinoxpubengequinoxpubBernard LaksUniversity of Paris X. Bernard LaksEditorLuigiCavalli-SforzaStanford UniversityLuigi Lucas Cavalli-SforzaAuthorBernardComrieMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and University of California Santa BarbaraBernard ComrieAuthorAndrewCarstairs-McCarthyUniversity of CanterburyAndrew Carstairs-McCarthyAuthorLyleCampbellUniversity of UtahLyle CampbellAuthorFrederickNewmeyerUniversity of Washington, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser UniversityFrederick J. NewmeyerAuthorGillesFauconnierUniversity of California San DiegoGilles FauconnierAuthorJoanTurnerGoldsmith’s CollegeJoan TurnerAuthorDomenicoParisiInstitute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research CouncilDomenico ParisiAuthorFrancescoAntinucciInstitute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research CouncilFrancesco AntinucciAuthorFrancescoNataleInstitute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research CouncilFrancesco NataleAuthorFedericoCecconiInstitute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research CounciFederico CecconiAuthorMerrittRuhlenStanford UniversityMerritt RuhlenAuthorDonRingeUniversity of PennsylvaniaDon RingeAuthorTeddyWarnowUniversity of TexasTeddy WarnowAuthorSalikokoMufweneUniversity of ChicagoSalikoko MufweneAuthorSergeCleuziouUniversité Paris 1Serge CleuziouContributing EditorJean-PaulDemouleUniversity of Paris IJean-Paul DemouleContributing EditorPierreEncrevéEHESSPierre EncrevéContributing EditorOrigin and Evolution of LanguagesApproaches, Models, ParadigmsSheffield, United KingdomEquinox Publishing Ltd.With Serge Cleuziou, Jean-Paul Demoule and Pierre Encrevé PAPERBACK PUBLISHED MAY 2009 Origin and Evolution of Languages has a strong interdisciplinary flavour designed to highlight the true complexity of the debates in the field. Many of the models and theories conjectured can only receive their validation from a convergence of arguments developed across disciplines. The book underscores this dimension by including contribution from disciplines that have been wary, traditionally, of extending beyond their borders: linguistics (different branches thereof), philosophy, history and prehistory, archaeology, anthropology, genetics, computer-modelling. The presentation is intended to encompass both the agreements and disjunctures characteristic of the field and insisted on laying open propositions that clearly differ from, possibly even enter into contradiction with one another. While several teams of researchers active in the fields of genetics, linguistics, anthropology and archaeology have come up with new proposals in favor of the “New Synthesis,” many competing hypotheses and models continue to be explored in areal linguistics, language contact, wave-like diffusion. On the anthropological scene, criticisms of the monogenetic model have set up new debates and counter-arguments. Approaching the issue of the origin and evolution of human languages within a Darwinian paradigm remains problematic. On the archaeological scene, not all reconstructions are proving compatible with current models for the circulation of techniques, myths and cultures. On the linguistic scene, raising again the issue of the origin / evolution of humankind and of languages in an evolutionary, cognitive, social and cultural perspective or in terms of generational transmission and acquisition, may induce a reconsideration of linguistic theories in search of universals as well as most theories of change and variation. All contributors are world-renowned experts in their domain.May 01, 2008352 p.ill. maps and diagrams234 x 156mmhuman evolution; GN281-289 ;archaeological theory; CC72-81; P1-85 ; linguistics;P501-769; Indo-European philology; Linguistics; Archaeology; Cognitive Sciences; anthropology; linguistic change and evolution; evolution; origin of language; areal linguistics; creolizationhttp://www.equinoxpub.com/home/origin-evolution-languages-approaches-models-paradigms-bernard-laks/