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Author:
Kenneally, Christine.
Title:
The first word : the search for the origins of language / Christine Kenneally.
Publisher:
Penguin Books,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
viii, 357 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Language and languages.
Evolution.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-340) and index.
Contents:
Epilogue : The babies of Galápagos. Introduction -- 16. The 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.
ISBN:
0143113747
9780143113744
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

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