{"product_id":"human-language-and-our-reptilian-philip-lieberman-9780674007932","title":"Human Language and Our Reptilian Brain: The Subcortical Bases of Speech, Syntax, and Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an entry into the fierce current debate among psycholinguists, neuroscientists, and evolutionary theorists about the nature and origins of human language. A prominent neuroscientist here takes up the Darwinian case, using data seldom considered by psycholinguists and neurolinguists to argue that human language--though more sophisticated than all other forms of animal communication--is not a qualitatively different ability from all forms of animal communication, does not require a quantum evolutionary leap to explain it, and is not unified in a single \"language instinct.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing clinical evidence from speech-impaired patients, functional neuroimaging, and evolutionary biology to make his case, Philip Lieberman contends that human language is not a single separate module but a functional neurological system made up of many separate abilities. Language remains as it began, Lieberman argues: a device for coping with the world. But in a blow to human narcissism, he makes the case that this most remarkable human ability is a by-product of our remote reptilian ancestors' abilities to dodge hazards, seize opportunities, and live to see another day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Lieberman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 067400793X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674007932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.22w x 0.65d","brand":"Philip Lieberman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054242590975,"sku":"9780674007932","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e24e550-323f-49fb-a6d5-52405ad9398f.jpg?v=1685028836","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/human-language-and-our-reptilian-philip-lieberman-9780674007932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}