TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aitchison,J.
TI  - The seeds of speech: language origin and evolution
SN  - 0521467934 
AV  - DUCE P116.A38  
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Origin
KW  - Language acquisition
KW  - Linguistic change
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with the calls of other primates. Jean Aitchison explores the origins of human language and how it has evolved. She likens the search to a vast prehistoric jigsaw puzzle, in which numerous fragments of evidence must be assembled. Such evidence is pieced together from a mixture of linguistic and non linguistic sources such as evolution theory, archaeology, psychology, and anthropology. This is an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the origins and evolution of human language
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam027/95047738.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam024/95047738.html
ER  -