The Emergence of language
Subtitle: development and evolution : readings from Scientific American magazine
By: edited by William S.-Y. Wang.
Contributors: Wang, William S.-Y., 1933-
Publisher: W.H. Freeman
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Language and languages.
Other titles: Scientific American.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-174) and index.
Table of contents: title: Animal communication / Edward O. Wilson; title: Teaching language to an ape / Ann James Premack and David Premack; title: The earliest precursor of writing / Denise Schmandt-Besserat; title: The origins of Indo-European languages / Colin Renfrew; title: Creole languages / Derek Bickerton; title: Specializations of the human brain / Norman Geschwind; title: Learning by instinct / James L. Gould and Peter Marler; title: The acoustics of the singing voice / Johan Sundberg; title: The perception of speech in early infancy / Peter D. Eimas; title: The acquisition of language / Breyne Arlene Moskowitz; title: How children learn words / George A. Miller and Patricia M. Gildea; title: Dyslexia / Frank R. Vellutino.