| Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution Contributor(s): Tallerman, Maggie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199279039 ISBN-13: 9780199279036 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $237.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: This book addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from; how and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and how languages diversified. It does so from the perspective of the latest work in linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and computer science, and deploys the latest methods and theories to probe into the origins and subsequent development of the only species that has languages. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 401 |
| LCCN: 2005299382 |
| Series: Studies in the Evolution of Language |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.4" W x 9.34" (1.76 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from; how and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and how languages diversified. It does so from the perspective of the latest work in linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and computer science, and deploys the latest methods and theories to probe into the origins and subsequent development of the only species that has languages. |
