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Sverker Johansson has written an unusual book on language origins, with its emphasis on empirical evidence rather than theory-building. This is a book for the s
Origins of Language
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Authors: James R. Hurford
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This book offers an accessible overview of what is known about the evolution of the human capacity for language and what sets human language apart from the simp
History of Language
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Authors: Steven Roger Fischer
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-10-03 - Publisher: Reaktion Books

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It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what langu
Language in Our Brain
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A comprehensive account of the neurobiological basis of language, arguing that species-specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for l
Why Only Us
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Authors: Robert C. Berwick
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Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific abili