Studies in Language Origins

1. Notes on contributors; 2. Introduction by the editors; 3. 1. A functional reconstruction of the supralaryngeal vocal tract of the fossil hominid from Petralona (by Budil, Ivo); 4. 2. A much-too-brief evolutionary history of the mammalian middle ear (by Daniel, Hal J.); 5. 3. Spatial mapping and the origin of language: A paleoneurological model (by Wallace, Ron); 6. 4. Some acoustic properties of baby-talk and the prototype effect in infant speech perception (by Davis, Barbara L.); 7. 5. Cerebral lateralization for cognitive and linguistic abilities: Neuropsychological and cultural aspects (by Chernigovskaya, Tatiana V.); 8. 6. Echolocation: An acoustic causal function. Semiotic and linguistic aspects (by Frundt, Hans); 9. 7. Further evidence of verbal and non-verbal communication between the mother and her unborn child in the womb - in support of the author's theory of the bi-modal origin of language (by Raffler-Engel, Walburga von); 10. 8. The Neanderthals: The origins of language and human consciousness? (by Jonker, Abraham); 11. 9. Motor theory of language origin: The diversity of languages (by Allott, Robin); 12. 10. Sign arbitrariness as an index of semiogenesis (by Liska, Jo); 13. 11. Language as analogic strategy: Suggestions for evolutionary research (by Foster, Mary LeCron); 14. 12. Vocal/auditory cognitive mapping, shared meaning and consciousness (by Ragir, Sonia); 15. 13. Historical motivation in the linguistic sign and its cognitive origin (by Gyori, Gabor); 16. 14. The red marbles of phonological and semantic stability through the ages (by Key, Mary Ritchie); 17. 15. The elaboration of language structure (by McArthur, Douglas); 18. 16. The use of the scenario method in the historical sciences (by Greenhood, William); 19. 17. Developments in the pongid and human motor systems as preadaptations for the evolution of human language ability (by Kien, Jenny); 20. 18. The gestural origin of language and new neurological data (by Hewes, Gordon W.); 21. 19. Memory for personal information: Have names become special? (by Burton, A. Mike); 22. Name index; 23. Subject index