The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language (47 page)

on pitch in vervet monkeys

tamarin grammar studied by

Hebrew

hemispherectomy

Herder, Johann Gottfried von

Herman, Lou

Herodotus

Herto, Ethiopia

Hindus

hobbit
(Homo floresiensis)

Hockett, Charles

homesign

Homo erectus

H. ergaster

H. floresiensis

H. habilis

H. heidelbergensis

H. rudolfensis

H. sapiens, see
humans homology

Hoover (seal)

Hopkins, William D.

Howe, Catherine

HOX genes

human communication vs. animal communication

Human Language and Our Reptilian Brain

humans

ancestry of

apes’ relationship with

bonobos’ relationship with

chimpanzees’ relationship with

EQ of

evolution of
see also
language evolution

genes and genome of

see also specific genes

gestures by

gorillas’ relationship with

language as unique to

monkeys’ relationship with

orangutans’ relationship with

speech perception by

tool use of

vocal tract in

see also
brain, human; infants Hunt, Gavin

hunting

Hurford, Jim

hyenas

Iceland

icons

idioms

Illinois State University

imitation

indexes

Indo-European family

Indonesia

Indonesian (language)

infants

babbling of

categorical perception by

Galápagos Island question of

languages distinguished by

larynxes of

pointing by

speech liked by

inference

Infinite Gift, The
(Yang)

Institute for Advanced Study

Institute of Child Health

Internet

intonation

Iowa State University

Israel

Jackendoff, Ray

on Chomsky

on idioms

on language evolution

on music

on nonlinguistic thinking

on protolanguage

on syntax

on ways of thinking about language evolution

Jakobson, Roman

Jallo, George

James IV, King of Scotland

Janik, Vincent

Java

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Johnson, George

Journal of Neuroscience

Kacelnik, Alex

Kamm, Oliver

Kanzi (bonobo)

KE family

Kenward, Ben

Kenya

Khao Yai National Park

Kirby, Simon

kissing

Klein, Richard

Knight, Chris

koala

Kohber, Evelyn

Koko (gorilla)

Krubitzer, Leah

lactose tolerance

Ladd, Bob

Lahn, Bruce

Lamar (elephant)

Lana (chimpanzee)

language

acquisition of

adaptionist account of

body parts related to

brain and

language
(cont.)

Chomsky’s definition of

and cognition

color and

compositionality and

cross-modality of

Darwin on

endless possibilities of

genes and

see also specific genes

gestures and

and imagination

infinitude of

as information highway

learning of

imits of

mistakes in

modules of

as multidimensional

Neanderthals and

and numbers

proto-

reproduction of

as set of sentences

structure of

symbols and

as uniquely human phenomenon

variety of

as virus

see also
communication; speech

Language

Language and Mind
(Chomsky)

Language and Species
(Bickerton)

language change

language evolution

animal research and

Bickerton on

big genetic bang in

Bloom on

“bow-wow” theory of

Chomsky on

communication and

computer models of

current burgeoning of field of

Darwin and

debate over

evolutionary narratives in

Fitch and

future of

Galápagos Islands infant question and

genes and

and gesture evolution

Gould on

Hauser on

importance of

Jackendoff on

Lieberman on

life stages and

Lyn on

Pinker on

“pooh-pooh” theory of

Rousseau on

and something to say

syntax and

ten-stage theory of

and uniqueness

“yo-he-ho” theory of

language instinct

Language Instinct, The
(Pinker)

language organ

language origin

alarm calls and

computer model of

Darwin on

early experiments on

papers on

as unscientific problem

Language Origin: A Multidisciplinary

Approach