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Hardcover The Origin of Speech Book

ISBN: 019923650X

ISBN13: 9780199236503

The Origin of Speech

(Part of the Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language Series)

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This book explores the origin and evolution of speech. The human speech system is in a league of its own in the animal kingdom and its possession dwarfs most other evolutionary achievements. During every second of speech we unconsciously use about 225 distinct muscle actions. To investigate the evolutionary origins of this prodigious ability, Peter MacNeilage draws on work in linguistics, cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and animal behaviour...

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