The first word : the search for the origins of language / Christine Kenneally.

By:

Kenneally, Christine

Publication details: New York : Viking, 2007.Description: viii, 357 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780670034901 (alk. paper)
0670034908 (alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

400 22

LOC classification:

P107 .K465 2007

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Summary: The search for the origin of human language has finally come of age. For centuries, progress in Ur-language research was slow and spasmodic; many scientists came to believe that there was no definitive way to answer its central questions. Then, in the past 20 years, everything changed. Linguist Kenneally shows how linguists, cognitive scientists, animal researchers, biologists, and geneticists have all contributed valuable new insights into language evolution.--From publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	P107 .K465 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039000777564

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-340) and index.

The search for the origin of human language has finally come of age. For centuries, progress in Ur-language research was slow and spasmodic; many scientists came to believe that there was no definitive way to answer its central questions. Then, in the past 20 years, everything changed. Linguist Kenneally shows how linguists, cognitive scientists, animal researchers, biologists, and geneticists have all contributed valuable new insights into language evolution.--From publisher description.

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