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The first word : the search for the origins of language / Christine Kenneally.
A history of the quest for the origins of human language traces the evolution of speech and examines the methods used by scientists to explore the subject.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780143113744
- ISBN: 0143113747
- Physical Description: viii, 357 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2008.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published: New York : Viking, 2007.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-340) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prelude -- Introduction -- [pt]. 1. Language is not a thing -- Prologue -- 1. Noam Chomsky -- 2. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh -- 3. Steven Pinker and Paul Bloom -- 4. Philip Lieberman -- [pt]. 2. If you have human language -- 5. You have something to talk about -- 6. You have words -- 7. You have gestures -- 8. You have speech -- 9. You have structure -- 10. You have a human brain -- 11. Your genes have human mutations -- [pt]. 3. What evolves? -- 12. Species evolve -- 13. Culture evolves -- 14. Why things evolve -- [pt]. 4. Where next? -- 15. The future of the debate -- 16. The future of language and evolution -- Epilogue : The babies of Galápagos.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | P 107 .K46 2008 | 284025 | Stacks | Available | - |
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