TY  - BOOK
AU  - Everett,Daniel Leonard
TI  - How language began: the story of humanity's greatest invention 
SN  - 9780871407955 (hardcover) :
AV  - P116 .E73 2017
U1  - 401 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Origin
KW  - Human communication
KW  - Semiotics
KW  - Psycholinguistics
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
N1  - 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
ER  -