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050	0	0	_aDUCE P116.A38 _b
100	1		_aAitchison, J. _qJean Aitchison
245	1	4	_aThe seeds of speech: _blanguage origin and evolution/ _cJean Aitchison.
260			_aCambridge: _bCambridge University Press, _c1996.
300			_axii, 281p.: _bill.; _c21 cm.
440		0	_aCambridge approaches to linguistics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aHuman 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.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xOrigin.
650		0	_aLanguage acquisition.
650		0	_aLinguistic change.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam027/95047738.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam024/95047738.html
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