Language and Species
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Language and Species
Language and Species

Language and Species

By
Derek Bickerton (Author)  

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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
  • Contributor: Derek Bickerton
  • Imprint: University of Chicago Press
  • ISBN13: 9780226046112
  • Number of Pages: 305
  • Packaged Dimensions: 16x23x2mm
  • Packaged Weight: 425
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • Release Date: 1992-03-01
  • Binding: Paperback / softback

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