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Human Language and Our Reptilian Brain: The Subcortical Bases of Speech, Syntax, and Thought

By Philip Lieberman

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780674040229
DOI
10.4159/9780674040229
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2151638 bytes)
Pages
240\240
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 06:32:40

Description

A prominent neuroscientist argues that human language—though more sophisticated than all other forms of animal communication—is not a qualitatively different ability from all forms of animal communication, it does not require a quantum evolutionary leap to be explained, and it is not unified in a single “language instinct.”

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