| #1763002 in Books | Thom Scott Phillips | 2014-11-17 | 2014-11-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.23 x.44 x6.10l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 212 pages | Speaking Our Minds Why human communication is different and how language evolved to make it special||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent book on what we teach as "message processing|By KsWife|Excellent book on what we teach as "message processing." Makes good use of an evolutionary psychological approach to study of communication in general and language in particular. Cogent arguments backed by reviews of relevant research. Posits that communication -- specifically ostensive communication -- is an adap||
"This I believe is the most important and the best book ever written on the evolution of language. It is the most important because it integrates like never before the different perspectives of linguistics, psychology, primatology, evolutionary biology
Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective tell us about the nature of language and communication?
Drawing on a range of disciplines including cognitive science, linguistics, anthropology and evolutionary biology, Speaking Our Minds explains how language evolved and why we are the only species to communicate in this way. <...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Speaking Our Minds: Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special | Thom Scott-Phillips. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
