How language began: gesture and speech in human evolution
Auteur :
McNeill, David
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107605497
Date de publication :
30 août 2012
Dimensions :
24,5 x 17,4 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
550 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Written by one of the pioneers of the field, this is the first book to explain how speech and gesture evolved together into a system that all humans possess. David McNeill challenges the popular 'gesture-first' theory and proposes a groundbreaking theory of the evolution of language.