The Symbolic Species : The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain

Deacon, Terrance

ISBN 10: 0713991887 / ISBN 13: 9780713991888

Published by Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Symbolic Species : The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain
• Publisher: Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713991887
• ISBN 13: 9780713991888
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Drawing on the author's breakthrough research, THE SYMBOLIC SPECIES presents an entirely new explanation of our unique language ability. Language evolved in only one species and in only one way - without precedent and without parallel. Terrence Deacon asserts that language evolution did not require the sudden appearance of a specialized language instinct, nor the development of more complex brains. Instead, language reflects a new kind of thinking: symbolic thinking.

About the Author

TERRENCE DEACON is a world-renowned researcher in neuroscience and evolutionary anthropology at the Harvard Medical School. He teaches at Boston University.