The origins of meaning

By J. Hurford. 2007

194 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cultural Studies

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In Cultural Studies

1. D. Krupp
2. K. Zuberbühler
3. Pat Barclay
4. K. Slocombe

Citations in the corpus

• The burden of proof for a cultural group selection account (2014, background): “The evolution of the capacity for languages that can serve cooperative functions is a considerable puzzle, because the existence of human language presupposes cooperation (Hurford 2007).”
• Chimpanzee food calls are directed at specific individuals (2013, background): “While dyadic communication between a signaller and receiver is common in the animal kingdom (Hurford 2007), triadic communication that involves a signaller, receiver and an external referent is relatively rare in animal communication systems, yet abundant in human language.”