W. Tecumseh Fitch (Austria Universitat Wien)

Broschiertes Buch

The Evolution of Language

Beschreibung

Since Darwin's theory of evolution, questions about the origin of language have generated a rapidly-growing scientific literature. Tecumseh Fitch cuts through this vast literature, bringing together its most important insights to explore one of the biggest unsolved puzzles of human history.

Autor

W. Tecumseh Fitch is a Reader in Psychology at the University of St Andrews. He studies the evolution of cognition and communication in animals and man, focusing on the evolution of speech, music and language. He is interested in all aspects of vocal communication in terrestrial vertebrates, particularly vertebrate vocal production in relation to the evolution of speech and music in our own species.

Produktdetails

• Approaches to the Evolution of Language
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1068g
• ISBN-13: 9780521677363
• ISBN-10: 052167736X
• Artikelnr.: 27083122