How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention

by Daniel L. Everett

Book Overview

Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? Daniel L. Everett, a "bombshell" linguist and "instant folk hero" (Tom Wolfe, Harper's), provides in this sweeping history a comprehensive examination of the evolutionary story of language, from the earliest speaking attempts by hominids to the more than seven thousand languages that exist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871407957
• ISBN13: 9780871407955
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"