From Signal to Symbol: The Evolution of Language

by Ronald Planer, Kim Sterelny, Ronald J. Planer

A novel account of the evolution of language and the cognitive capacities on which language depends.

In From Signal to Symbol, Ronald Planer and Kim Sterelny propose a novel theory of language: that modern language is the product of a long series of increasingly rich protolanguages evolving over the last two million years. Arguing that language and cognition coevolved, they give a central role to archaeological evidence and attempt...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262045974
• ISBN13: 9780262045971
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"