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THE TALKING APE
HOW LANGUAGE EVOLVED |
| By: |
Robbins Burling |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£13.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199214034 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199214037 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
8 March, 2007 |
| Series: |
Studies in the Evolution of Language |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
Robbins Burling traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. He examines the qualities of mind and brain needed to support the operations of language; investigates the first links between signs, sounds, and meanings; explores the beginnings and prehistories of vocabulary and grammar; and connects work in field such as linguistics, evolutionary biology, and archaeology. And he does all this in a style thatis crystal-clear, constantly enlivened by wit and humour. |
| Synopsis: |
In this mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing - and the most readable - account of the origins of language yet published. He sheds new light on how language affects the way we think, behave, and relate to each other, and he gives us a deeper understanding of the nature of language itself. The author traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. He offers a new account of the route by which we acquired our defining characteristic and explores the changing nature of language as it developed through the course of our evolution. He considers what the earliest forms of communication are likely to have been, how they worked, and why they were deployed. He examines the qualities of mind and brain needed to support the operations of language and the advantages they offered for survival and reproduction. He investigates the beginnings and prehistories of vocabulary and grammar; and connects work in fields extending from linguistics, sign languages, and psychology to palaeontology, evolutionary biology, and archaeology.And he does all this in a style that is crystal-clear, constantly enlivened by wit and humour. |
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line drawings |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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