This book proposes a detailed picture of the continuities and ruptures between communication in primates and language in humans. It explores a diversity of pers

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Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific abili

A comprehensive account of the neurobiological basis of language, arguing that species-specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for l

How human language evolved from the need for social communication The origins of human language remain hotly debated. Despite growing appreciation of cognitive