The seeds of speech : language origin and evolution / Jean Aitchison.
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TextOriginal language: English Publication details: Cambridge [England] ;;New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996Description: xii, 281 p. : ill., map 21 cmISBN: - 0521462460;0521467934 (pbk.)
- 401 20 AIS 1996.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-267) and index.
Summary: Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with 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 and animal
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