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10%OFFPhilip Lieberman - Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language - 9780674021846 - V9780674021846
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Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language

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Description for Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language Hardback. Draws on evidence from evolutionary biology, genetics, physical anthropology, anatomy, and neuroscience, to provide a framework for studying the evolution of human language and cognition. This work argues that the influential theories of language's development are inconsistent with principles and findings of evolutionary biology and neuroscience. Num Pages: 448 pages, 60 line illustrations. BIC Classification: CFD; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 898.

In this forcefully argued book, the leading evolutionary theorist of language draws on evidence from evolutionary biology, genetics, physical anthropology, anatomy, and neuroscience, to provide a framework for studying the evolution of human language and cognition.

Philip Lieberman argues forcibly that the widely influential theories of language's development, advanced by Chomskian linguists and cognitive scientists, especially those that postulate a single dedicated language "module," "organ," or "instinct," are inconsistent with principles and findings of evolutionary biology and neuroscience. He argues that the human neural system in its totality is the basis for the human language ability, for it ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674021846
SKU
V9780674021846
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About Philip Lieberman
Philip Lieberman is Fred M. Seed Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.

Reviews for Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language
Discussions of language tend to start from the assumption that it is a uniquely human trait without antecedent in the animal kingdom. Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language forcefully challenges this assumption. Lieberman brings together a wide range of evidence from comparative anatomy, physiology, neurobiology, genetics, neuropsychology, and linguistics to illuminate the protolinguistic abilities in other species.
Joseph T. ... Read more

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