Finding our tongues
Subtitle: mothers, infants, and the origins of language
By: Dean Falk.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780465002191
Subjects: Biolinguistics; Language and languages -- Origin; Evolution
Description: A controversial new theory that the origins of spoken language, music, and art lie in the early communication between mothers and infants.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Silence is golden : for chimpanzee mothers; title: Saying while soothing; title: And down will come baby; title: How our ancestors found their voice; title: Seeding language; title: What's in a name?; title: She shall have music; title: Ancient gestures, modern art; title: Tinkering the brain.