New Perspectives on the Origins of Language
Edited by Claire Lefebvre, Bernard Comrie and Henri Cohen
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 144] 2013. xvi, 582 pp.
Henri Cohen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Henri Cohen plays a role.
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Subjects Evolution of language | Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
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2013 Historical, Darwinian, and current perspectives on the origin(s) of language New Perspectives on the Origins of Language, Lefebvre, Claire, Bernard Comrie and Henri Cohen (eds.), pp. 3–30 | Article
Language has universally been felt to constitute the attribute that sets humans apart from other species. The quest to understand why and how the capacity to speak came to be has been central to our understanding of the nature of humankind. In this chapter, we focus on the speculations and… read more