{"product_id":"finding-our-tongues-dean-falk-9780465002191","title":"Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language","description":"Scientists have long theorized that abstract, symbolic thinking evolved to help humans negotiate such classically male activities as hunting, tool making, and warfare, and eventually developed into spoken language. In \u003ci\u003eFinding Our Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e, Dean Falk overturns this established idea, offering a daring new theory that springs from a simple observation: parents all over the world, in all cultures, talk to infants by using baby talk or \"Motherese.\" Falk shows how Motherese developed as a way of reassuring babies when mothers had to put them down in order to do work. The melodic vocalizations of early Motherese not only provided the basis of language but also contributed to the growth of music and art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with classic anthropology, Falk offers a potent challenge to conventional wisdom about the emergence of human language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Falk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465002196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465002191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/19\/2009 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2009 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience Books \u0026amp; Films\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/22\/2009 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 246","brand":"Dean Falk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946640834815,"sku":"9780465002191","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4b003b08-18c6-4536-ae55-bc929d9fa340.jpg?v=1681514296","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finding-our-tongues-dean-falk-9780465002191","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}