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A Brain for SpeechIntroduction: The Beginning of Words

A Brain for Speech: Introduction: The Beginning of Words [This presents a succinct history of the ideas and theories of language and speech evolution, from the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin to the classical innatist approach made by Noam Chomsky. More recent alternative approaches are also discussed, which include biological interpretations of language origins. Finally, there is a brief account of human evolution, to provide the necessary archaeological context to the history of human communication.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017. The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
ISBN
978-1-137-54059-1
Pages
1 –38
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-54060-7_1
Publisher site
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Abstract

[This presents a succinct history of the ideas and theories of language and speech evolution, from the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin to the classical innatist approach made by Noam Chomsky. More recent alternative approaches are also discussed, which include biological interpretations of language origins. Finally, there is a brief account of human evolution, to provide the necessary archaeological context to the history of human communication.]

Published: May 8, 2017

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