How language began : the story of humanity's greatest invention /
Everett, Daniel Leonard,
How language began : the story of humanity's greatest invention / Daniel L. Everett. - First American edition. - xviii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index.
Introduction -- Part One: The First Hominins; 1. Rise of the Hominins -- 2. The Fossil Hunters -- 3. The Hominins Depar -- 4. Everyone Speaks Languages of Signs -- Part Two: Human Biological Adaptations for Language; 5. Humans Get a Better Brain -- 6. How the Brain Makes Language Possible -- 7. When the Brain Goes Wrong -- 8. Talking with Tongues -- Part Three: The Evolution of Language Form; 9. Where Grammar Came From -- 10. Talking with the Hands -- 11. Just Good Enough -- Part Four: Cultural Evolution of Language; 12. Communities and Communication -- Conclusion.
9780871407955 (hardcover) : $28.95 0871407957 : $28.95
2017025673
Language and languages--Origin.
Human communication.
Semiotics.
Psycholinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
P116 / .E73 2017
401
How language began : the story of humanity's greatest invention / Daniel L. Everett. - First American edition. - xviii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index.
Introduction -- Part One: The First Hominins; 1. Rise of the Hominins -- 2. The Fossil Hunters -- 3. The Hominins Depar -- 4. Everyone Speaks Languages of Signs -- Part Two: Human Biological Adaptations for Language; 5. Humans Get a Better Brain -- 6. How the Brain Makes Language Possible -- 7. When the Brain Goes Wrong -- 8. Talking with Tongues -- Part Three: The Evolution of Language Form; 9. Where Grammar Came From -- 10. Talking with the Hands -- 11. Just Good Enough -- Part Four: Cultural Evolution of Language; 12. Communities and Communication -- Conclusion.
9780871407955 (hardcover) : $28.95 0871407957 : $28.95
2017025673
Language and languages--Origin.
Human communication.
Semiotics.
Psycholinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
P116 / .E73 2017
401