Barbara L. Davis
List of John Benjamins publications for which Barbara L. Davis plays a role.
Articles
2011 Illuminating language origins from the perspective of contemporary ontogeny in human infants Primate Communication and Human Language: Vocalisation, gestures, imitation and deixis in humans and non-humans, Vilain, Anne, Jean-Luc Schwartz, Christian Abry and Jacques Vauclair (eds.), pp. 173–192 | Article
2009 From babbling to first words in four languages: Common trends across languages and individual differences Becoming Eloquent: Advances in the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern cultures, d'Errico, Francesco and Jean-Marie Hombert (eds.), pp. 205–232 | Article
2009 The Frame/Content theory of evolution of speech: A comparison with a gestural-origins alternative Vocalize to Localize, Abry, Christian, Anne Vilain and Jean-Luc Schwartz (eds.), pp. 133–158 | Article
2005 The Frame/Content theory of evolution of speech: A comparison with a gestural-origins alternative Vocalize to Localize II, Abry, Christian, Anne Vilain and Jean-Luc Schwartz (eds.), pp. 173–199 | Article
The Frame/Content theory deals with how and why the first language evolved the present-day speech mode of programming syllable “Frame” structures with segmental (consonant and vowel) “Content” elements. The first words are considered, for biomechanical reasons, to have had the simple syllable… read more
2002 5. The internal structure of the syllable: An ontogenetic perspective on origins The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language, Givón, T. and Bertram F. Malle (eds.), pp. 135–153 | Chapter
2002 6. On the origins of intersyllabic complexity The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language, Givón, T. and Bertram F. Malle (eds.), pp. 155–170 | Chapter
1999 Evolution of the form of spoken words Phonetics of the Origins and Evolution of Speech, Demolin, Didier and Jean-Marie Hombert (eds.), pp. 3–20 | Article
The basic internal structure of a word consists of an alternation between consonants and vowels. Words tend to begin with a consonant and end with a vowel. The fundamental evolutionary status of the consonant-vowel alternation is indicated by its presence in rhythmically organized pre-linguistic… read more
1994 4. Some acoustic properties of baby-talk and the prototype effect in infant speech perception Studies in Language Origins: Volume 3, Wind, Jan, Abraham Jonker, Robin Allott and Leonard Rolfe (eds.), pp. 45 ff. | Article