num_pages: 239
description: "Ruhlen is a leader in the new attempt to unify the theory of language development and diffusion." ––Library Journal "A powerful statement...also a wonderfully clear exposition of linguistic thinking about prehistory." –– Anthropological Science One of the world's foremost language researchers takes readers step-by-step through the hotly contested evidence that all modern languages derive from one "mother tongue" once spoken by primitive humans in Africa. With The Origin of Language , Merritt Ruhlen makes this fascinating science accessible to readers with no linguistic background. MERRITT RUHLEN, PhD (Palo Alto, California) is the author of A Guide to the World's Languages
language: English
title: The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue
titlecomplete: The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue
genres: Anthropology, Language, History, Science, Linguistics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 233
publisher: Wiley