The Dawn of Language - Sverker Johansson
The Dawn of Language - Sverker Johansson Who was "the first speaker" and what was their first message? Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and…
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The Dawn of Language - Sverker Johansson
Who was "the first speaker" and what was their first message? Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users. An erudite, tightly woven and beautifully written account of one of humanity's greatest mysteries - the origins of language.
Our intellectual and physiological changes through the process of evolution both have a bearing on our ability to acquire language. The Dawn of Language provides a fascinating survey of how grammar came into being and the differences or similarities between languages spoken around the world, before exploring how language eventually emerged in the very remote human past. But to what extent is the evolution of language dependent on genes, or on environment?
How has language evolved further, and how is it changing now, in the process of globalisation? And which aspects of language ensure that robots are not yet intelligent enough to reconstruct how language has evolved? Johansson's far-reaching, authoritative and research-based approach to language is brought to life through dozens of astonishing examples, both human and animal, in a fascinatingly erudite and entertaining volume for anyone who has ever contemplated not just why we speak the way we do, but why we speak at all.
Translated from the Swedish by Frank Perry
The Dawn of Language
Bringers of the Dawn
Dawn of the Exile
The Dawn of Day
The Robots of Dawn
The Dawn of Day
The Robots of Dawn
The Queen of the Dawn
Killers of the Dawn
Killers of the Dawn
The Queen of the Dawn
Dawn of the Monsters
Dawn of the Reformation
Dawn of the Arcana 6