The Origins of Grammar: Language in the Light of Evolution II

by James R. Hurford

This is the second of the two closely linked but self-contained volumes that comprise James Hurford's acclaimed exploration of the biological evolution of language. In the first book he looked at the evolutionary origins of meaning, ending as our distant ancestors were about to step over the brink to modern language. He now considers how that step might have been taken and the consequences it undoubtedly had.

The capacity for language lets...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199207879
• ISBN13: 9780199207879
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 808 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.1" x 9.8"