Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language

by Philip Lieberman

In this forcefully argued book, the leading evolutionary theorist of language draws on evidence from evolutionary biology, genetics, physical anthropology, anatomy, and neuroscience, to provide a framework for studying the evolution of human language and cognition.

Philip Lieberman argues forcibly that the widely influential theories of language's development, advanced by Chomskian linguists and cognitive scientists, especially those that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674021843
• ISBN13: 9780674021846
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.5"