A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution: Current Controversies and Future Prospects (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783030032340)

This book provides a critical introduction to the current views and controversies regarding language evolution. It sheds new light on hot topics such as: How ancient is language? Did Neanderthals have some form of language? Did language evolve gradually and incrementally, through stages, or suddenly, in one leap, in all its complexity? Does language evolution involve natural selection or not?

This book is essential reading for scholars and students interested in language evolution, especially those in the fields of linguistics, psychology, biology, anthropology, and neuroscience.

Author: Ljiljana Progovac
ISBN-10: 3030032345
ISBN-13: 9783030032340
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 01/22/2019
Pages: 86
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.21d