Language Evolution (Studies in the Evolution of Language)

✍ Scribed by Morten H. Christiansen, Simon Kirby

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Leaves: 207
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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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