Language and Species (Paperback, New Ed)

Language and Species presents the most detailed and well- documented scenario to date of the origins of language. Drawing on living linguistic fossils such as ape talk, the two-word stage of small children, and pidgin languages, and on recent discoveries in paleoanthropology, Bickerton shows how a primitive protolanguage could have offered Homo erectus a novel ecological niche. He goes on to demonstrate how this protolanguage could have developed into the languages we speak today. You are drawn into Bickerton's] appreciation of the dominant role language plays not only in what we say, but in what we think and, therefore, what we are.--Robert Wright, New York Times Book Review The evolution of language is a fascinating topic, and Bickerton's Language and Species is the best introduction we have.--John C. Marshall, Nature Derek Bickerton is professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaii and is the author of several books including Roots of Language.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1992
First published:	April 1992
Authors:	Derek Bickerton
Dimensions:	157 x 220 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	305
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-04611-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General
LSN:	0-226-04611-7
Barcode:	9780226046112

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