[PDF] The Birth Of Language eBook

Author : Min K. Kim
Publisher : North Pole Lighthouse
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 39,33 MB
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1950132226

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The Birth of Language tackles one of the most difficult topics known to mankind, the origin of language. Kim shares his experiences of learning English as a second language after moving to the United States as a teenager. He then discusses Noam Chomsky's theories on language. Through a groundbreaking idea, Kim gives readers a demonstration of a method for potentially unifying all human languages, giving substantial support to Chomsky's theory of universal grammar (UG). Written for the general public and young readers, The Birth of Language is a must-read for people looking for the next big intellectual discovery.

Author : John Maynard Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 10,25 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : 019286209X

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Presents, for the general readership, the novel picture of evolution proposed in the 1995 book, The major transitions in evolution.

Author : Bénédicte de Boysson-Bardies
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 34,71 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262541251

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Psycholinguist Boysson-Bardies presents a broad picture of language development, from foetal development to the toddler years. She addresses questions of particular concern to parents, such as how one can facilitate language learning.

Author : Daniel L. Everett
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 22,26 MB
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 087140477X

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A Buzzfeed Gift Guide Selection “Few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. I believe [this] will be one of them.” — Edward O. Wilson At the time of its publication, How Language Began received high acclaim for capturing the fascinating history of mankind’s most incredible creation. Deemed a “bombshell” linguist and “instant folk hero” by Tom Wolfe (Harper’s), Daniel L. Everett posits that the near- 7,000 languages that exist today are not only the product of one million years of evolution but also have allowed us to become Earth’s apex predator. Tracing 60,000 generations, Everett debunks long- held theories across a spectrum of disciplines to affi rm the idea that we are not born with an instinct for language. Woven with anecdotes of his nearly forty years of fi eldwork amongst Amazonian hunter- gatherers, this is a “completely enthralling” (Spectator) exploration of our humanity and a landmark study of what makes us human. “[An] ambitious text. . . . Everett’s amiable tone, and especially his captivating anecdotes . . . , will help the neophyte along.”— New York Times Book Review

Author : Xiao-lei Wang
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 34,34 MB
Release : 2008-11-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1847695671

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This book is based on an eleven-year observation of two children who were simultaneously exposed to three languages from birth. It tells the story of two parents from different cultural, linguistic, and ethnic-racial backgrounds who joined to raise their two children with their heritage languages outside their native countries. It also tells the children’s story and the way they negotiated three cultures and languages and developed a trilingual identity. It sheds light on how parental support contributed to the children’s simultaneous acquisition of three languages in an environment where the main input of the two heritage languages came respectively from the father and from the mother. It addresses the challenges and the unique language developmental characteristics of the two children during their trilingual acquisition process.

Author : Melvyn Bragg
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 19,81 MB
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1611450071

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A history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.

Author : Merritt Ruhlen
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,16 MB
Release : 1996-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780471159636

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"Ruhlen is a leader in the new attempt to unify the theory of language development and diffusion."––Library Journal "A powerful statement...also a wonderfully clear exposition of linguistic thinking about prehistory."––Anthropological Science One of the world's foremost language researchers takes readers step-by-step through the hotly contested evidence that all modern languages derive from one "mother tongue" once spoken by primitive humans in Africa. With The Origin of Language, Merritt Ruhlen makes this fascinating science accessible to readers with no linguistic background. MERRITT RUHLEN, PhD (Palo Alto, California) is the author of A Guide to the World's Languages

Author : Min K. Kim
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 21,56 MB
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781950132232

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The Birth of Language tackles one of the most difficult topics known to mankind, the origin of language. Kim shares his experiences of learning English as a second language after moving to the United States as a teenager. He then discusses Noam Chomsky's theories on language. Through a groundbreaking idea, Kim gives readers a demonstration of a method for potentially unifying all human languages, giving substantial support to Chomsky's theory of universal grammar (UG). Written for the general public and young readers, The Birth of Language is a must-read for people looking for the next big intellectual discovery.