The Seeds of Speech: Language Origin and Evolution - Couverture souple

Aitchison, Jean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521467934 ISBN 13 : 9780521467933

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Clear and non-technical overview of the history of language development by popular author.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than the calls of other primates. In this clear and non-technical overview, Jean Aitchison explores why it evolved and how it developed. She likens the search to a vast prehistoric jigsaw puzzle, in which numerous fragments of evidence must be assembled, some external to language, such as evolution theory, animal communication; others internal, including child language, pidgins and creoles, and language change. She explains why language is so strange, outlines recent theories about its origin, and discusses possible paths of evolution. Jean Aitchison is the Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication at Oxford University. She gave the 1996 BBC Reith lectures The Language Web.

Revue de presse

'To be recommended to anyone with a curiosity about their language, where it came from and how it reached its present state.' Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521467934
• ISBN 13: 9780521467933
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 293
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible