Speaking Our Minds: Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special - Couverture rigide

Scott-Phillips, Thom

 
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Synopsis

Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective tell us about the nature of language and communication?

Drawing on a range of disciplines including cognitive science, linguistics, anthropology and evolutionary biology, Speaking Our Minds explains how language evolved and why we are the only species to communicate in this way.

Written by a rising star in the field, this groundbreaking book is required reading for anyone interested in understanding the origins and evolution of human communication and language.

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À propos de l?auteur

Thom Scott-Phillips is a research fellow in Evolutionary and Cognitive Anthropology, at Durham University, UK.

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9781137334565: Speaking Our Minds: Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1137334568 ISBN 13 :  9781137334565
Editeur : Red Globe Press, 2014
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