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The Infancy of Speech and the Speech of Infancy (Hardcover)
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The Infancy of Speech and the Speech of Infancy (Hardcover)
Series: Psychology Library Editions: Speech and Language Disorders
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For many centuries scientists and philosophers have endeavoured to
solve the baffling problem of human language. Originally published
in 1949, Dr Stein had been fascinated by this problem and collected
an enormous amount of data from past and present ages which, when
viewed together, shed light upon the origin, evolution and meaning
of human speech. He adheres to the broad concept that the
development of the individual is a brief recapitulation of the
evolution of the race, and has attempted to apply this principle to
the solution of the problem of language. For this purpose, he has
delved into the realms of prehistory, history, comparative
philology, anatomy, physiology and psychology and has made
conjectures from his data as to the prehistoric patterns of human
speech. Where direct evidence is lacking he has resorted boldly to
analogy and fantasy. The result is an intriguing mosaic which
should prove interesting to all those concerned with the promotion
of human relations which are, to a great extent, dependent on
communication through speech. The work is crowned by the fact that
his assumptions were being verified by the promising results
obtained in the treatment of speech disorders based upon them at
the time.
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