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Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with the calls of other primates. In this wide-ranging and accessible overview first published in 2000 Jean Aitchison explores the reasons why language is so strange outlines recent theories about its origin and discusses possible paths of evolution.
TITLE: Canto: The Seeds of Speech: Language Origin and Evolution
AUTHOR: Jean Aitchison
SKU: 9780521785716
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 04/05/2000
PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom
PAGES: 296
BINDING: Paperback / softback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 137 mm x 213 mm x 15 mm
WEIGHT: 410 gr
