Language Arts & Disciplines, Linguistics

The Evolution of Language

Name: The Evolution of Language
Author: W. Tecumseh Fitch
ISBN: 9780521859936

by W. Tecumseh Fitch

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Synopsis

Brings together the most important insights from the vast amount of literature on the origin of language.

About the Author, W. Tecumseh Fitch

W. Tecumseh Fitch is a Reader in Psychology at the University of St Andrews. He studies the evolution of cognition and communication in animals and man, focusing on the evolution of speech, music and language. He is interested in all aspects of vocal communication in terrestrial vertebrates, particularly vertebrate vocal production in relation to the evolution of speech and music in our own species.