Description |
xi, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Prologue: What Do We Mean by The Origin of Language? -- 1. Language and History: Voices from the Past -- 2. Language Families: What Is Known -- 3. Controversy: What Is Debated -- 4. Native Americans: Language in the New World -- 5. The Origin of Language: Are There Global Cognates? -- 6. A Window on the World: What Has Been Resolved -- 7. Genes: Biology and Language -- 8. The Emerging Synthesis: On the Origin of Modern Humans -- Epilogue: Reconstruction, Sound Correspondences, and Homelands |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-224) and index |
Subject |
Human evolution.
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Language and languages -- Classification.
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Language and languages -- Origin.
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LC no. |
93039009 |
ISBN |
0471584266 (cl. : acid-free paper) |
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