Why Only Us
Language and Evolution
Ranked #48 in Recursion
Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it.
"A loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested in the extraordinary phenomenon of language."
-- New York Review of Books
We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in... more
"A loosely connected collection of four essays that will fascinate anyone interested in the extraordinary phenomenon of language."
-- New York Review of Books
We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in... more
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