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作者(英)艾奇逊(Aitchison,J.)著,陈国华 导读
出版社外语教学与研究出版社
ISBN9787560028552
出版时间2002-06
装帧平装
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定价28.9元
货号7407528
上书时间2024-12-20
The Seeds of Speech:Language Origin and Evolution Human languageis a weird communication system:it has more in common with birdsongthan withthe calls of other primates.Jean Aitchison explores theorigins of human language and how it has evolved.She likens thesearch to a vast prehistoric jigsaw puzzle,in which numerousfragments of evidence must be assembled.Such evidence is piecedtogether from a mixture of linguistic and non-linguistic sourceslike evolution theory,archaeology,psychology,and anthropology.TheSeeds of Speech is an accessible and wide-ranging introduction tothe origins and evolution of human language.
"We must be grateful to Jean Aitchison for so very readablyassembling a good deal of recent work that might seem to hint athow language began...the author goes out of her way to offer arestful read to all comers."
Preface by Halliday
Preface by Chomsky
Foreword to the Canto edition
Preface
Part 1 Puzzles
1.A natural curiosity:
How did language begin?
2.A peculiar habit:
What is language for?
3.The bother at Babel:
Why do languages differ so much?
4.Distinct duties:
Is language an independent skill?
Part 2 Origin
5.The family tree:
The evolutionary background
6.A devious mind:
The basic requirements
7.Broken air:
Inherited ingredients
8.Small beginnings:
First steps
Part 3 Evolution
9.The second word:
The emergence of rules
10.The tower of speech:Expansion
11.Time travelling:
Extra attachments
12.Rebuilding on the high seas:
Keeping going
Part 4 Diffusion
13.The widening circle:
Moving outwards
14.The hidden core:
The hunt for universals
15.The real magician:
Ruling the rules
16.Unweaving the rainbow:Separating the strands
17.The endless stair:Past and future
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."
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