• DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1976.tb25508.x
Corpus ID: 35558897

FROM HAND TO MOUTH: SOME CRITICAL STAGES IN THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE

@article{Steklis1976FROMHT,
  title={FROM HAND TO MOUTH: SOME CRITICAL STAGES IN THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE},
  author={H. D. Steklis and S. Harnad},
  journal={Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences},
  year={1976},
  volume={280}
}

• H. D. Steklis, S. Harnad
• Published 1976
• Psychology, Medicine
• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

ABSTRACT: An evolutionary scenario for the evolution of language, beginning with handedness, gesture and pantomime, then propositions and speech, resulting in an all-purpose symbol system capable of expressing any proposition.