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Why We Talk - The Evolutionary Origins of Language (Hardcover)
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Why We Talk - The Evolutionary Origins of Language (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in the Evolution of Language, 5
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Jean-Louis Dessalles explores the co-evolutionary paths of biology,
culture, and the great human edifice of language, linking the
evolution of the language to the general evolutionary history of
humankind. He provides searchingly original answers to such
fundamental paradoxes as to whether we acquired our greatest gift
in order to talk or so as to be able to think, and as to why human
beings should, as experience constantly confirms, contribute
information for the well-being of others at their own expense and
for no apparent gain: which if this is one of language's main
functions appears to make its possession, in Darwinian terms, a
disadvantage. Dr Dessalles looks for solutions in the early history
of human species and considers the degree to which language evolved
as a means of choosing profitable coalition partners and maximizing
individual success within a competitive social environment. The
author opens with a discussion of the differences between animal
and human communication and the biological foundations of language.
He looks at the physiological preconditions for language evolution
and the early evolution of meaning and communication. He then
embarks on an important and original account of the natural history
of conversation. Here he considers the roles of language in
supporting social cohesion and information exchange. This
challenging and original account will appeal to all those
interested in the origins of language and the evolution of human
behaviour.
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