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- Charts the history of communication from the time before human language was conceived through to the present day. It looks at the first contexts in which the concept of "language" might be applied, and then moves from the early abilities of "homo erectus" to the spread of languages worldwide.
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- Historical & Comparative Linguistics
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22 August 2001
It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what language is. This book begins with an examination of the modes of communication used by dolphins, birds and primates as the first contexts in which the concept of 'language' might be applied.
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