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Approaches to the Evolution of Language Ser.: Evolution of Language by W. Tecumseh Fitch (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-10052167736X
ISBN-139780521677363
eBay Product ID (ePID)17038422653
Product Key Features
Number of Pages624 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEvolution of Language
SubjectLinguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines
AuthorW. Tecumseh Fitch
SeriesApproaches to the Evolution of Language Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight42.7 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width6.9 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"The evolution of language has been described as the hardest problem in science, fraught with conflict, entrenched views, and misunderstandings between the multifarious disciplines involved. Fitch guides us through this tangled and often treacherous domain with clarity, equanimity, and encyclopedic reach. No other book so completely, fairly, and eloquently presents contemporary notions as to how language evolved." --Michael Corballis, University of Auckland, 'Tecumseh Fitch's book reads like a novel, telling the story of the long and complex search for a theory of language evolution very clearly and engagingly … comprehensive, analytic, and fair.' Merlin Donald, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 'Tecumseh Fitch's book reads like a novel, telling the story of the long and complex search for a theory of language evolution very clearly and engagingly ... comprehensive, analytic, and fair.' Merlin Donald, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 'Reconstructing the evolution of language is a daunting task but Tecumseh Fitch brings it off with style. An impressive synthesis.' Robert Seyfarth, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 'The evolution of language has been described as the hardest problem in science, fraught with conflict, entrenched views, and misunderstandings between the multifarious disciplines involved. Fitch guides us through this tangled and often treacherous domain with clarity, equanimity, and encyclopedic reach. No other book so completely, fairly, and eloquently presents contemporary notions as to how language evolved.' Michael Corballis, University of Auckland, "Reconstructing the evolution of language is a daunting task but Tecumseh Fitch brings it off with style. An impressive synthesis." --Robert Seyfarth, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal417.7
Table Of ContentIntroduction; Part I. The Lay of the Land: 1. Language from a biological perspective; 2. Evolution; 3. Language; 4. Animal cognition and communication; Part II. Meet the Ancestors: 5. Meet the ancestors; 6. The last common ancestor; 7. The hominid fossil record; Part III. The Evolution of Speech: 8. The evolution of the human vocal tract; 9. The evolution of vocal control; 10. Modelling the evolution of speech; Part IV. Phylogenetic Models of Language Evolution: 11. Language evolution before Darwin; 12. Lexical protolanguage; 13. Gestural protolanguage; 14. Musical protolanguage; 15. Conclusions and prospects.
SynopsisLanguage, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Any normal human child will learn a language based on rather sparse data in the surrounding world, while even the brightest chimpanzee, exposed to the same environment, will not. Why not? How, and why, did language evolve in our species and not in others? Since Darwin's theory of evolution, questions about the origin of language have generated a rapidly-growing scientific literature, stretched across a number of disciplines, much of it directed at specialist audiences. The diversity of perspectives - from linguistics, anthropology, speech science, genetics, neuroscience and evolutionary biology - can be bewildering. Tecumseh Fitch cuts through this vast literature, bringing together its most important insights to explore one of the biggest unsolved puzzles of human history., Since Darwin's theory of evolution, questions about the origin of language have generated a rapidly-growing scientific literature. Tecumseh Fitch cuts through this vast literature, bringing together its most important insights to explore one of the biggest unsolved puzzles of human history.
LC Classification NumberP116
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