Language and Species

Derek Bickerton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

305 Seiten

1992
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-04611-2 (ISBN)

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Language and Species presents the most detailed and well-documented scenario to date of the origins of language. Drawing on "living linguistic fossils" such as "ape talk," the "two-word" stage of small children, and pidgin languages, and on recent discoveries in paleoanthropology, Bickerton shows how a primitive "protolanguage" could have offered Homo erectus a novel ecological niche. He goes on to demonstrate how this protolanguage could have developed into the languages we speak today.

"You are drawn into [Bickerton's] appreciation of the dominant role language plays not only in what we say, but in what we think and, therefore, what we are."—Robert Wright, New York Times Book Review

"The evolution of language is a fascinating topic, and Bickerton's Language and Species is the best introduction we have."—John C. Marshall, Nature

Derek Bickerton is professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of Hawaii and is the author of several books, including Roots of Language.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.4.1992
Sprache	englisch
Maße	16 x 23 mm
Gewicht	425 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-226-04611-7 / 0226046117
ISBN-13	978-0-226-04611-2 / 9780226046112
Zustand	Neuware