The Simian Tongue

Zusammenfassung In the early 1890s! the theory of evolution gained an unexpected ally: the Edison phonograph. This title charts scientific controversies over the evolution of language from Darwin's day onwards! resurrecting the forgotten debts of psychology! anthropology! and other behavioral sciences to the Victorian debate about animal roots of human language.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Radick, Radick Gregory
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2008
• EAN: 9780226702247
• ISBN: 978-0-226-70224-7
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 237 mm x 36 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Animal behaviour, Psycholinguistics, Ethology and animal behaviour, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Evolution / Evolutionary biology