How language began : the story of humanity's greatest invention / Daniel L. Everett.
How language began : the story of humanity's greatest invention / Daniel L. Everett.
How language began : the story of humanity's greatest invention / Daniel L. Everett.
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Publisher
Liveright Pub Corp, 2017.
New York Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Date
2017.
Call Numbers
G 2018/0064
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Part One: The First Hominins; 1. Rise of the Hominins -- 2. The Fossil Hunters -- 3. The Hominins Depar -- 4. Everyone Speaks Languages of Signs -- Part Two: Human Biological Adaptations for Language; 5. Humans Get a Better Brain -- 6. How the Brain Makes Language Possible -- 7. When...
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Publisher
Liveright Pub Corp, 2017.
New York Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
2017.
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Summary
"Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? Daniel L. Everett, a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” (Tom Wolfe, Harper's), provides in this sweeping history a comprehensive examination of the evolutionary story of languag...
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How language began : the story of humanity's greatest invention / Daniel L. Everett.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/0064
Record Identifier
74VKVGR53rey
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGR53rey
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ISBN
0871407957
9780871407955
DDC
401
MMS ID
991024152417502626
