{"product_id":"language-and-species-derek-bickerton","title":"Language and Species, Derek Bickerton","description":"\u003cp\u003eLanguage and Species 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 Homo erectus 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\"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, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The evolution of language is a fascinating topic, and Bickerton's Language and Species is the best introduction we have.\"—John C. Marshall, Nature\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60525503086926,"sku":"9780226046112","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0842\/6546\/8238\/files\/9780226046112.jpg?v=1787666326","url":"https:\/\/littlelanebookshop.com\/products\/language-and-species-derek-bickerton","provider":"Little Lane Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}