The Seeds of Speech

Jean (University of Oxford) Aitchison

Cambridge University Press, 2000

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521785716
ISBN-10
0521785715
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2000
Publication date
2000-05-04
Pages
296
Dimensions
215x139x14
Weight
402