言语的萌发：语言起源与进化

图书标准信息

• 作者 [英]艾奇逊（Aitchison J.） 著
• 出版社 外语教学与研究出版社
• 出版时间 2002-06
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787560028552
• 定价 28.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 381页
• 原版书名 The Seeds of Speech: Language Origin and Evolution
• 丛书 当代国外语言学与应用语言学文库

【内容简介】

TheSeedsofSpeech：LanguageOriginandEvolutionHumanlanguageisaweirdcommunicationsystem：ithasmoreincommonwithbirdsongthanwiththecallsofotherprimates.JeanAitchisonexplorestheoriginsofhumanlanguageandhowithasevolved.Shelikensthesearchtoavastprehistoricjigsawpuzzle，inwhichnumerousfragmentsofevidencemustbeassembled.Suchevidenceispiecedtogetherfromamixtureoflinguisticandnon-linguisticsourceslikeevolutiontheory，archaeology，psychology，andanthropology.TheSeedsofSpeechisanaccessibleandwide-rangingintroductiontotheoriginsandevolutionofhumanlanguage.
"WemustbegratefultoJeanAitchisonforsoveryreadablyassemblingagooddealofrecentworkthatmightseemtohintathowlanguagebegan...theauthorgoesoutofherwaytoofferarestfulreadtoallcomers."

【目录】

PrefacebyHalliday
PrefacebyChomsky
ForewordtotheCantoedition
Preface
Part1Puzzles
1.Anaturalcuriosity：
Howdidlanguagebegin?
2.Apeculiarhabit：
Whatislanguagefor?
3.ThebotheratBabel：
Whydolanguagesdiffersomuch?
4.Distinctduties：
Islanguageanindependentskill?
Part2Origin
5.Thefamilytree：
Theevolutionarybackground
6.Adeviousmind：
Thebasicrequirements
7.Brokenair：
Inheritedingredients
8.Smallbeginnings：
Firststeps
Part3Evolution
9.Thesecondword：
Theemergenceofrules
10.Thetowerofspeech：Expansion
11.Timetravelling：
Extraattachments
12.Rebuildingonthehighseas：
Keepinggoing
Part4Diffusion
13.Thewideningcircle：
Movingoutwards
14.Thehiddencore：
Thehuntforuniversals
15.Therealmagician：
Rulingtherules
16.Unweavingtherainbow：Separatingthestrands
17.Theendlessstair：Pastandfuture