The Dawn of Language
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The Dawn of Language

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  • TitelThe Dawn of Language
  • VerlagQuercus
  • EinbandartSoftcover
  • Seiten432
CHF27.35
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  • Mittwoch, 25.10.2023 bei Heimlieferung
  • Mittwoch, 25.10.2023 bei Abholung

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The Dawn of Language

Produktbeschreibung

"A model of popular-science writing" STEVEN POOLE

Who was "the first speaker" and what was their first message?

An erudite, tightly woven and beautifully written account of one of humanity's greatest mysteries - the origins of language.

Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users. The Dawn of Language provides a fascinating survey of how grammar came into being and the differences or similarities between languages spoken around the world, before exploring how language eventually emerged in the very remote human past.

Our intellectual and physiological changes through the process of evolution both have a bearing on our ability to acquire language. But to what extent is the evolution of language dependent on genes, or on environment? How has language evolved further, and how is it changing now, in the process of globalisation? And which aspects of language ensure that robots are not yet intelligent enough to reconstruct how language has evolved?

Johansson's far-reaching, authoritative and research-based approach to language is brought to life through dozens of astonishing examples, both human and animal, in a fascinatingly erudite and entertaining volume for anyone who has ever contemplated not just why we speak the way we do, but why we speak at all.

Translated from the Swedish by Frank Perry


Titel & Produktsprache

TitelThe Dawn of Language
UntertitelThe story of how we came to talk
SpracheEnglisch
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Titel & Produktsprache

TitelThe Dawn of Language
UntertitelThe story of how we came to talk
SpracheEnglisch

Autoren & Verlag

Autor/-inSverker Johansson
Übersetzer/-inFrank Perry
VerlagQuercus

Auflage & Publikationsort

Erscheinungsjahr2022

Buch Eigenschaften

EinbandartSoftcover
Seiten432
ThemenbereichSprachen

Produktdimensionen

Gewicht302 g
Höhe198 mm
Breite128 mm
Dicke32 mm

ISBN

ISBN978-1-5294-1141-6

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