The first word
By: by Christine Kenneally.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780670034901
Subjects: Language and languages; Evolution
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.