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Language and Species

By: Derek Bickerton

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Paperback | 15 April 1992 | Edition Number 1

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305 Pages

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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" Derek Bickerton is professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaii and is the author of several books including "Roots of Language".

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Preface
Introduction
The Continuity Paradox
Language as Representation: The Atlas
Language as Representation: The Itineraries
The Origins of Representational Systems
The Fossils of Language
The World of the Protolanguage
From Protolanguage to Language
Mind, Consciousness, and Knowledge
The Nature of the Species
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
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