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ISBN: 9780809016471 - Adam's Tongue Adam's Tongue
Derek Bickerton

ISBN10: 0809016478  ISBN13: 9780809016471
Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 2010

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ISBN: 9780226046112 - Language and Species Language and Species
Derek Bickerton

ISBN10: 0226046117  ISBN13: 9780226046112
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 1992
"Language and Species" presents the most detailed and well-documented scenario to date of the origins of language. Drawing on "living linguistic fossils" such as "ape talk," the "two-word" stage of small children, and pidgin languages... More

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ISBN: 9781608606023 - The Desert and the City The Desert and the City
Derek Bickerton

ISBN10: 1608606023  ISBN13: 9781608606023
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 12 Aug 2009

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ISBN: 9780521110150 - Dynamics of a Creole System Dynamics of a Creole System
Derek Bickerton

ISBN10: 0521110157  ISBN13: 9780521110150
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Apr 2009
In this volume the author describes and systematically accounts for language variation in a Creole-speaking community. In this volume the author describes and systematically accounts for language variation in a Creole-speaking community and... More

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ISBN: 9780262013567 - Biological Foundations and Origin of Syntax Biological Foundations and Origin of Syntax
Derek Bickerton, Eors Szathmary

ISBN10: 0262013568  ISBN13: 9780262013567
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 05 Jan 2010
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the evolutionary and biological roots of syntax, describing current research on syntax in fields ranging from linguistics to neurology. Syntax is arguably the most human-specific aspect of language. More

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ISBN: 9780262531986 - Lingua Ex Machina Lingua Ex Machina
William H Calvin, Derek Bickerton

ISBN10: 0262531984  ISBN13: 9780262531986
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Oct 2001
This book presents an engaging challenge to those who view the human capacity for language as a winner-take-all war between Chomsky and Darwin. A machine for language? Certainly, say the neurophysiologists, busy studying the language... More

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ISBN: 9780226046105 - Language and Species Language and Species
Derek Bickerton

ISBN10: 0226046109  ISBN13: 9780226046105
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Sep 1990
Language and Species presents the most detailed and well-documented scenario to date of the origins of language. Language and Species presents the most detailed and well-documented scenario to date of the origins of language. Drawing on "living... More

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ISBN: 9781857285413 - Language and Human Behaviour Language and Human Behaviour
Derek Bickerton

ISBN10: 1857285417  ISBN13: 9781857285413
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 31 Jan 1996
In this text, the author claims that language itself was the means by which the species experienced development and was empowered to evolve cognition. The origins of language and its relationship with human behaviour is one of the great questions... More

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ISBN: 9780809028160 - Bastard Tongues Bastard Tongues
Derek Bickerton

ISBN10: 0809028166  ISBN13: 9780809028160
Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Apr 2009

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ISBN: 9780521205146 - Dynamics of a Creole Sys Dynamics of a Creole Sys
Derek Bickerton

ISBN10: 052120514X  ISBN13: 9780521205146
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Apr 1975
In this volume the author describes and systematically accounts for language variation in a Creole-speaking community. In this volume the author describes and systematically accounts for language variation in a Creole-speaking community and... More