Author: BURLING, ROBBINS
Title: The Talking Ape - How Language Evolved
Description: New York, Oxford University Press. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0199279403). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. ix + 286 pages. In this fascinating, mind-opening book, Professor Burling not only presents the most convincing account of the origins of language yet published: he sheds new light on how language affects the way we think, behave, and relate to each other. He gives us a deeper understanding of the nature of language itself. Tracing language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears several million years ago, he charts its growth to the time of our recent human ancestors. He offers a new account of the route by which we acquired our defining characteristic and explores the nature of language as it developed throughout the course of our evolution. NOT EX LIB L. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Origin of Language, Linguistics, Anthropology, Human Evolution 0199279403


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