Music, language, and human evolution / edited by Nicholas Bannan
- Bib ID:
- 6151324
- Format:
- Book
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
- xii, 345 p. : ill., music ; 22 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- ISBN:
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- 0199227349
- 9780199227341
- Full contents:
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- Introduction : music, language, and human evolution / Nicholas Bannan
- Music and mosaics : the evolution of human abilities / Robert Foley
- The evolution of the human vocal tract : specialized for speech? / Margaret Clegg
- When the words dry up : music and material metaphors half a million years ago / Clive Gamble
- Hominin physiological evolution and the emergence of musical capacities / Ian Morley
- Vocal traditions of the world : towards an evolutionary account of voice production in music / Tran Quang Hai and Nicholas Bannan
- Found objects in the musical practices of hunter-gatherers : implications for the evolution of instrumental music / Pedro Epsi-Sanchis and Nicholas Bannan
- On the evolutionary function of song and dance / Robin Dunbar
- The vocal learning constellation : imitation, ritual culture, and encephalization / Bjorn Merker
- Music as an emergent exaptation / Ian Cross
- Musicians' performance prosody / Johan Sundberg
- Harmony and its role in human evolution / Nicholas Bannan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Bannan, Nicholas
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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