The Origin of Language
Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue
Published on 31. July 2023
Book
Hardback
319 pages
978-1-4632-4495-8 (ISBN)
Description
What can the classification of languages tell us about human origins and human prehistory? This book presents a popular account of the origin of language. It is intended for an audience with no prior knowledge of comparative linguistics, genetics or archaeology. The present volume is a reprint of the 2009 second edition of the book, and includes the text of the first edition (1994) with minor modifications, as well as the scientific evidence for monogenesis, and a Postscript recounting developments in the field since the original publication of the book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Piscataway
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
799 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4632-4495-8 (9781463244958)
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