The Seeds of Speech - Language Origin and Evolution (Paperback, New Ed)

The Professor of Language and Communication at Oxford University explores how and why human language evolved and developed. (Kirkus UK)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Canto
Release date:	May 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Jean Aitchison
Dimensions:	213 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	296
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-78571-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > Dialectology Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > Slang & jargon
LSN:	0-521-78571-5
Barcode:	9780521785716

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