The First Word

The First Word

The Search for the Origins of Language

by Christine Kenneally

357 pages· 2007· ISBN 9780670034901
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A history of the quest for human language origins is comprised of two intertwined narratives that respectively trace the development of language and the process through which scientists have explored the subject, in an account that also documents the contributions of such figures as Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker.

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