LANGUAGE EVOLUTION by Morten H. Christiansen (Editor), Simon Kirby (Editor) ( 9780199244843 )

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Title:

LANGUAGE EVOLUTION

By:

Morten H. Christiansen (Editor), Simon Kirby (Editor)

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0199244847

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

24 July, 2003

Series:

Studies in the Evolution of Language

Pages:

414

Description:

How humans acquired language and how languages evolved are two of the most intriguing questions in contemporary scientific research. The essays in this volume discuss the subject.

Synopsis:

How humans acquired language and how languages evolved are two of the most intriguing questions in contemporary scientific research. Answering them would throw new light on the process of evolution, the human brain, the structure of language, and what it means to be human. In this book researchers in cognitive science, anthropology, ethology, human biology, and linguistics say what they think about the origins of human language.

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