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The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved - Studies in the Evolution of Language Burling, Robbins (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Michigan)
The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved - Studies in the Evolution of Language
Burling, Robbins (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Michigan)
Traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago. This book examines the qualities of mind and brain needed to support the operations of language; investigates the first links between signs, sounds, and meanings; explores the beginnings and prehistories of vocabulary and grammar; and more.
298 pages, line drawings
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 17, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199214037 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 131 × 196 × 17 mm · 317 g |
| Language | English |