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The seeds of speech: language origin and evolution

By Jean Aitchison

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
9780521785716, 0521785715
Open Library ID
OL7753816M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1116778 bytes)
Series
Canto
Pages
194\194
Time added
2009-08-06 05:14:26

Description

Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with the calls of other primates. Jean Aitchison explores the origins of human language and how it has evolved. She likens the search to a vast prehistoric jigsaw puzzle, in which numerous fragments of evidence must be assembled. Such evidence is pieced together from a mixture of linguistic and nonlinguistic sources such as evolution theory, archaeology, psychology, and anthropology. This is an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the origins and evolution of human language.

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