by Maggie Tallerman (Editor)
Addresses central questions in the evolution of language: where it came from; how and why it evolved; how it came to be culturally transmitted; and how languages diversified. This book deploys the methods and theories to probe into the origins and subsequent development of the only species that has languages.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 26 May 2005
ISBN 10: 0199279047
ISBN 13: 9780199279043