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How Language Began
Daniel Everett
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Beschreibung
In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky: when and how did language begin? what is it? and what is it for?
Daniel Everett confounds the conventional wisdom that language originated with Homo sapiens 150,000 years ago and that we have a 'language instinct'. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of fields, including linguistics, archaeology, biology, anthropology and neuroscience, he shows that our ancient ancestors, Homo erectus, had the biological and mental equipment for speech one and half million years ago, and that their cultural and technological achievements (including building ocean-going boats) make it overwhelmingly likely they spoke some kind of language.
How Language Began sheds new light on language and culture and what it means to be human and, as always, Daniel Everett spices his account with incident and anecdote. His book is convincing, arresting and entertaining.
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A remarkable book. It is written with an immediacy even a Piraha might envy, and its conjunction of physical and intellectual adventure is irresistible.
Impressively modest and reasoned.
<p>Praise for <i>Don't Sleep, There are Snakes:</i><br>'
Very few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. I believe that Daniel Everett'
Revelatory. There is nothing about humans that is quite as astonishing as language.
<p>Praise for <i>Language: The Cultural Tool</i>:<br>'
The most important - and provocative - anthropological field work ever undertaken.
Ambitious...the subject-matter is completely enthralling...Everett is at the very top of his intellectual game.
Important and fascinating
Everett is skilled at leavening an intellectually challenging treatise with humor ... A worthy book for general readers
<i>How Language Began</i> occupies a rare literary space that explains complex issues clearly to general readers while being an original contribution to scholarship...the arguments he marshals and insights he provides are impressive...anyone interested in language would gain from reading this book.
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