Language and Species (eBook)

Derek Bickerton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
305 Seiten
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-22094-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Language and Species presents the most detailed and well-documented scenario to date of the origins of language. Drawing on "e;living linguistic fossils"e; such as "e;ape talk,"e; the "e;two-word"e; stage of small children, and pidgin languages, and on recent discoveries in paleoanthropology, Bickerton shows how a primitive "e;protolanguage"e; 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."e;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."e; Robert Wright, New York Times Book Review"e;The evolution of language is a fascinating topic, and Bickerton's Language and Species is the best introduction we have."e; John C. Marshall, Nature

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-226-22094-X / 022622094X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-226-22094-9 / 9780226220949