TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aitchison, Jean,
TI  - The seeds of speech: language origin and evolution 
SN  - 0521462460;0521467934 (pbk.)
U1  - 401 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Cambridge [England] ;;New York, NY, USA
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Language and languages;Language acquisition.;Linguistic change
KW  - Origin
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-267) and index
N2  - 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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