The nature and origin of language / Denis Bouchard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bouchard, Denis.

Series:

Studies in the evolution of language ; 18.

Oxford studies in the evolution of language ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Origin.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Denis Bouchard looks at how the human brain got the capacity for language and how language evolved. He argues that language is a system of signs and considers how these elements first came together in the brain. His account of language origins offers insights into language and to constructions that have defied decades of linguistic analysis.

Contents:

part I. The emergence of language

part II. What is language that it could have evolved?

part III. The origin of language: from neurons to signs

part Ivolume Explaining the properties of language.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 14, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-968163-5

0-19-150385-1

1-306-07423-1

OCLC:

919520817