// Handbook of Pragmatics / J. Verscheuren, J.-O. Ostman. — JBPC, 2007. — 23 p.This is a contribution from Handbook of Pragmatics compiled by Jef Verschueren and
Jan-Ola Östman.Pragmaticism, pragmatics, adaptation and the evolution of language
Sign-functions and their evolutionary significance
The triad of sign functions
The evolutionary interpretation of the triad of functions
Selective value of communication and symbolic behavior
Can the pragmatics of tool production and tool-use tell us something about the origin of language?
Instrumentality in higher mammals and man
Is tool-making a pragmatic source of propositional semantics?
Cro-Magnon life space and the pragmatic space of decorated caves
From ecological to cultural pragmatics
Conclusions
