{"product_id":"language-and-species-9780226046112","title":"Language and Species","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Derek Bickerton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage and Species\u003c\/i\u003e presents the most detailed and well-documented scenario to date of the origins of language. Drawing on \"living linguistic fossils\" such as \"ape talk,\" the \"two-word\" stage of small children, and pidgin languages, and on recent discoveries in paleoanthropology, Bickerton shows how a primitive \"protolanguage\" could have offered \u003ci\u003eHomo erectus\u003c\/i\u003e a novel ecological niche. He goes on to demonstrate how this protolanguage could have developed into the languages we speak today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You are drawn into [Bickerton's] appreciation of the dominant role language plays not only in what we say, but in what we think and, therefore, what we are.\"--Robert Wright, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The evolution of language is a fascinating topic, and Bickerton's \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Species\u003c\/i\u003e is the best introduction we have.\"--John C. Marshall, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47591852769431,"sku":"9780226046112","price":3553.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226046112.webp?v=1774974839","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/language-and-species-9780226046112","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}