A Brain for Speech: A View from Evolutionary Neuroanatomy

by Francisco Aboitiz

This book discusses evolution of the human brain, the origin of speech and language. It covers past and present perspectives on the contentious issue of the acquisition of the language capacity. Divided into two parts, this insightful work covers several characteristics of the human brain including the language-specific network, the size of the human brain, its lateralization of functions and interhemispheric integration, in particular the phonological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137540591
• ISBN13: 9781137540591
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 505 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"