A history of language / Steven Roger Fischer.
This second edition of Steven Roger Fischer's fascinating book charts the history of communication from a time before human language was conceived of to the media explosion of the present day. Fischer begins by describing the modes of communication used by whales, birds, insects, and nonhuman p...
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London, UK :
Reaktion Books Ltd,
[2018]
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| Edition: | [New edition]. |
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| Online Access: | Credo Academic Core with Backfile Click here to view this book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Animal communication and "language"
- 2. Talking apes
- 3. First families
- 4. Written language
- 5. Lineages
- 6. Towards a science of language
- 7. Society and language
- 8. Future indicative.