Language
Author: Otto Jespersen
Publisher:
Published: 1922
Total Pages: 462
ISBN-13:
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Gesture and the Nature of Language
Author: David F. Armstrong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995-03-16
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521467728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in particular the origins of syntax. The authors draw on evidence from areas such as primatology, anthropology, and linguistics to present a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action. Written in a clear and accessible style, Gesture and the Nature of Language will be indispensable reading for all those interested in the origins of language.
The Origins and Nature of Language
Author: Giorgio Fano
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Origins of Life
Author: John Maynard Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 019286209X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents, for the general readership, the novel picture of evolution proposed in the 1995 book, The major transitions in evolution.
Language
Author: Otto Jespersen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-05-24
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 1135662886
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book was first published in 1922, Language is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics.
The Written Language Bias in Linguistics
Author: Per Linell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-08-02
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1134270526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLinguists routinely emphasise the primacy of speech over writing. Yet, most linguists have analysed spoken language, as well as language in general, applying theories and methods that are best suited for written language. Accordingly, there is an extensive 'written language bias' in traditional and present day linguistics and other language sciences. In this book, this point is argued with rich and convincing evidence from virtually all fields of linguistics.
The Nature and Origin of Language
Author: Denis Bouchard
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 0199681627
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDenis Bouchard looks at how the human brain got the capacity for language and how language evolved. He argues that language is a system of signs and considers how these elements first came together in the brain. His account of language origins offers insights into language and to constructions that have defied decades of linguistic analysis.
Roots of language
Author: Derek Bickerton
Publisher: Language Science Press
Published: 2016-02-05
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 3946234089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRoots of language was originally published in 1981 by Karoma Press (Ann Arbor). It was the first work to systematically develop a theory first suggested by Coelho in the late nineteenth century: that the creation of creole languages somehow reflected universal properties of language. The book also proposed that the same set of properties would be found to emerge in normal first-language acquisition and must have emerged in the original evolution of language. These proposals, some of which were elaborated in an article in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1984), were immediately controversial and gave rise to a great deal of subsequent research in creoles, much of it aimed at rebutting the theory. The book also served to legitimize and stimulate research in language evolution, a topic regarded as off-limits by linguists for over a century. The present edition contains a foreword by the author bringing the theory up to date; a fuller exposition of many of its aspects can be found in the author's most recent work, More than nature needs (Harvard University Press, 2014).
The Truth about Language
Author: Michael C. Corballis
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2017-03-29
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 022628719X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBackground to the problem -- The Rubicon -- Language as miracle -- Language and natural selection -- The mental prerequisites -- Thinking without language -- Mind reading -- Stories -- Constructing language -- Hands on to language -- Finding voice -- How language is structured -- Over the Rubicon
How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
Author: Daniel L. Everett
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Published: 2017-11-07
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 087140477X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Buzzfeed Gift Guide Selection “Few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. I believe [this] will be one of them.” — Edward O. Wilson At the time of its publication, How Language Began received high acclaim for capturing the fascinating history of mankind’s most incredible creation. Deemed a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” by Tom Wolfe (Harper’s), Daniel L. Everett posits that the near- 7,000 languages that exist today are not only the product of one million years of evolution but also have allowed us to become Earth’s apex predator. Tracing 60,000 generations, Everett debunks long- held theories across a spectrum of disciplines to affi rm the idea that we are not born with an instinct for language. Woven with anecdotes of his nearly forty years of fi eldwork amongst Amazonian hunter- gatherers, this is a “completely enthralling” (Spectator) exploration of our humanity and a landmark study of what makes us human. “[An] ambitious text. . . . Everett’s amiable tone, and especially his captivating anecdotes . . . , will help the neophyte along.”— New York Times Book Review
