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Why Only Us: Language and Evolution

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Book Description

We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of
language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a
few years after that, they are engaging in conversations. This remarkable,
species-specific ability to acquire any human language -- "the language
faculty" -- raise... More

Book Information
PublisherThe MIT Press
BindingHardcover
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages224
ISBN-100262034247
ISBN-13978-0262034241
Publication Date12/30/2015
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About Robert C. Berwick (Author) : Robert C. Berwick is a published author. A published credit of Robert C. Berwick is Why Only Us: Language and Evolution.
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