The Social Origins of Language
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Social Origins of Language
By (Author) Robert Seyfarth
By (author) Dorothy Cheney
Edited by Michael L. Platt
Introduction by Michael L. Platt
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
12th February 2018
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Evolution
Cognitivism, cognitive theory
Developmental biology
Neurosciences
306.44
Physical Properties
Hardback
184
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
340g
Description
How human language evolved from the need for social communication The origins of human language remain hotly debated. Despite growing appreciation of cognitive and neural continuity between humans and other animals, an evolutionary account of human language--in its modern form--remains as elusive as ever. The Social Origins of Language provides a
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Author Bio
Robert M. Seyfarth is professor of psychology and Dorothy L. Cheney is professor of biology at the University of Pennsylvania. They are the coauthors of How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species and Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind. Michael L. Platt is the James S. Riepe University Professor of neuroscience, psychology, and marketing at the University of Pennsylvania.
