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Critchley, Macdonald. 1975. Language. In Lenneberg, Eric H. and Elizabeth Lenneberg, eds. Foundations of language development: A multidisciplinary approach. Academic Press. pp. 3–16.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

brain | language | language and thought | phylogenesis

Annotation

Hypotheses as to the origins of language are reviewed, language is presented as a function of the brain, the inadequacy of verbal symbols as tools of thought is discussed, and the future of language is speculated about.