Language Evolution

By: Morten H. Christiansen (Editor), Simon Kirby (Editor)

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Paperback | 24 July 2003

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414 Pages

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23.39 x 15.6 x 2.16

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The leading scholars in the rapidly growing field of language evolution give readable accounts of their theories on the origins of language and reflect on the most important current issues and debates. As well as providing a guide to their own published research in this area they highlight what they see as the most relevant research of others. The authors come from a wide range of disciplines involved in language evolution including linguistics, cognitive science, computational science, primatology, and archaeology.

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`Language Evolution is a brave attempt at a state-of-the-art survey of language origin research at the beginning of the millennium.' Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy, Science `The evolutionary origins of language should intrigue anyone interested in the relationship of humans to other species. For them, Language Evolution will provide a useful starting point.' Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy, Science `In the beginning there was no language. Now there is. Language Evolution describes the passage as a wonderful voyage of discovery.' Nurturing Potential `... it is light and airy, yet contradictorily comprehensive and solid, and can be opened at any page whereupon you may be as lost as Keats on first discovering Chapman's Homer.' Nurturing Potential `... a book to be savoured like a good wine ... the reader can enjoy the nose, the bouquet, the first glorious sip, the swirl, the swill, the swallow. And finally the aftertaste. But unlike the wine, there is no need to buy another bottle - or another copy in this case. The reader can return to it again and again, to ever fresher delights.' Nurturing Potential

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