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Finding our tongues : mothers, infants and the origins of language / Dean Falk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Falk, Dean.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biolinguistics.
- Evolution.
- Language and languages--Origin.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A controversial new theory that the origins of spoken language, music, and art lie in the early communication between mothers and infants
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 SILENCE IS GOLDEN; 2 SAYING WHILE SOOTHING; 3 AND DOWN WILL COME BABY; 4 HOW OUR ANCESTORS FOUND THEIR VOICE; 5 THE SEEDS OF LANGUAGE; 6 WHAT'S IN A NAME?; 7 SHE SHALL HAVE MUSIC; 8 ANCIENT GESTURES, MODERN ART; 9 FINDING OUR TONGUES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-46029-3
- 9786612460296
- 0-7867-4435-9
- OCLC:
- 318380795
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