《言語的萌發》是2002年外語教學與研究出版社出版的一本圖書，作者是英 J.艾奇遜。
基本介紹
- 作者：英 J.艾奇遜 (Jean Aitchison)
- ISBN：9787560028552
- 頁數：291
- 定價：28.90元
- 出版社：外語教學與研究出版社
- 出版時間：2002-6-1
- 副標題：語言起源與進化
- 叢書： 當代國外語言學與套用語言學文庫
內容簡介
The Seeds of Speech:Language Origin and Evolution Human language is a weird communication system:it has more in common with birdsong than withthe 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 like evolution theory,archaeology,psychology,and anthropology.The Seeds of Speech is an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the origins and evolution of human language.
"We must be grateful to Jean Aitchison for so very readably assembling a good deal of recent work that might seem to hint at how language began...the author goes out of her way to offer a restful read to all comers."
