How Language Began
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How Language Began
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Author : Daniel Everett
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2017-09-21
How Language Began written by Daniel Everett and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky: when and how did language begin? what is it? and what is it for? Daniel Everett confounds the conventional wisdom that language originated with Homo sapiens 150,000 years ago and that we have a 'language instinct'. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of fields, including linguistics, archaeology, biology, anthropology and neuroscience, he shows that our ancient ancestors, Homo erectus, had the biological and mental equipment for speech one and half million years ago, and that their cultural and technological achievements (including building ocean-going boats) make it overwhelmingly likely they spoke some kind of language. How Language Began sheds new light on language and culture and what it means to be human and, as always, Daniel Everett spices his account with incident and anecdote. His book is convincing, arresting and entertaining.
How Language Began
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Author : David McNeill
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-08-30
How Language Began written by David McNeill and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved is central to research on the origins of human communication. Written by one of the pioneers of the field, this is the first book to explain how speech and gesture evolved together into a system that all humans possess. Nearly all theorizing about the origins of language either ignores gesture, views it as an add-on or supposes that language began in gesture and was later replaced by speech. David McNeill challenges the popular 'gesture-first' theory that language first emerged in a gesture-only form and proposes a groundbreaking theory of the evolution of language which explains how speech and gesture became unified.
How Language Began The Story Of Humanity S Greatest Invention
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Author : Daniel L. Everett
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2017-11-07
How Language Began The Story Of Humanity S Greatest Invention written by Daniel L. Everett and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-07 with Science categories.
A Buzzfeed Gift Guide Selection “Few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. I believe [this] will be one of them.” — Edward O. Wilson At the time of its publication, How Language Began received high acclaim for capturing the fascinating history of mankind’s most incredible creation. Deemed a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” by Tom Wolfe (Harper’s), Daniel L. Everett posits that the near- 7,000 languages that exist today are not only the product of one million years of evolution but also have allowed us to become Earth’s apex predator. Tracing 60,000 generations, Everett debunks long- held theories across a spectrum of disciplines to affi rm the idea that we are not born with an instinct for language. Woven with anecdotes of his nearly forty years of fi eldwork amongst Amazonian hunter- gatherers, this is a “completely enthralling” (Spectator) exploration of our humanity and a landmark study of what makes us human. “[An] ambitious text. . . . Everett’s amiable tone, and especially his captivating anecdotes . . . , will help the neophyte along.”— New York Times Book Review
How Language Began
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Author : David McNeill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
How Language Began written by David McNeill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Language and languages categories.
The first book to explain how speech and gesture evolved together into a system that all humans possess.
How Language Works
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Author : David Crystal
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-03-29
How Language Works written by David Crystal and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we’re from and even who we want to be.
The Story Of Language
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Author : Charles Woodward Hutson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
The Story Of Language written by Charles Woodward Hutson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Chambers S Information For The People
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Author : William Chambers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
Chambers S Information For The People written by William Chambers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with categories.
Language And Communication
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Author : David Jollands
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Language And Communication written by David Jollands and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Communication categories.
Briefly discusses aspects of language and communication, such as vocal organs, alphabets, sound, musical instruments, electronics, and communication satellites.
Transactions And Proceedings Of The American Philological Association
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Author : American Philological Association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
Transactions And Proceedings Of The American Philological Association written by American Philological Association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with Classical philology categories.
Bibliographical record of works published by members of the Association, in v. 28- 1897-
The Cosmopolitan
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
The Cosmopolitan written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with American literature categories.