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Cloud, Daniel         The domestication of language : cultural evolution and the uniqueness of the human animal / Daniel Cloud         275 pages ; 24 cm         Where do words come from? -- The conventions of a human language -- The evolution of signals -- Varieties of biological information -- The strange case of the chimpanzee -- The problem of maladaptive culture -- The cumulative consequences of a didactic adaptation -- Meaning, interpretation, and language acquisition -- What's accomplished in conversation -- Recapitulation and moral.         ISBN9780231167925 (cloth : acidfree paper) :         1. Language and languages – Origin         1. Grammar, Comparative and general – Phonology         1. Grammar, Comparative and general – Syntax         1. Human evolution         1. Historical linguistics         1. Anthropological linguistics