The Symbolic Species by Terrence Deacon
Drawing on the author's breakthrough research, THE SYMBOLIC SPECIES presents an entirely new explanation of our unique language ability. Language evolved in only one species and in only one way - without precedent and without parallel. Terrence Deacon asserts that language evolution did not require the sudden appearance of a specialized language instinct, nor the development of more complex brains. Instead, language reflects a new kind of thinking: symbolic thinking. 'Turns everything we know about language on its head' - Jerome Burne, Sunday Telegraph
Terrence Deacon is a world-renowned researcher in neuroscience and evolutionary anthopology at the Harvard Medical School. He teaches at Boston University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140264050 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140264051 |
| Title | The Symbolic Species |
| Author | Terrence Deacon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1998-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
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