The Origin Of Language: Tracing The Evolution Of The Mother Tongue (Harvard Oriental Series - Opera Minora)

What can the classification of languages tell us about human origins and human prehistory? This book presents a popular account of the origin of language. It is intended for an audience with no prior knowledge of comparative linguistics, genetics or archaeology. The present volume is a reprint of the 2009 second edition of the book, and includes the text of the first edition (1994) with minor modifications, as well as the scientific evidence for monogenesis, and a Postscript recounting developments in the field since the original publication of the book--

• | Author: Merritt Ruhlen
• | Publisher: Gorgias Pr Llc
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 319 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1463244959
• | ISBN-13: 9781463244958