The Symbolic Species by Terrence Deacon

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The Symbolic Species by Terrence Deacon

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The author offers a new explanation of our unique language ability, asserting that its evolution did not require the sudden appearance of specialized language instinct nor the development of a more complex brain, instead language reflects a new kind of symbolic thinking.

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The Symbolic Species by Terrence Deacon

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. 'Turns everything we know about language on its head' - Jerome Burne, Sunday Telegraph
Terrence Deacon is a world-renowned researcher in neuroscience and evolutionary anthopology at the Harvard Medical School. He teaches at Boston University.
SKU GOR001508750
ISBN 13 9780140264050
ISBN 10 0140264051
Title The Symbolic Species
Author Terrence Deacon
Condition very good
Binding type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1998-09-14
Number of pages 528
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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