The Origin of Speech

ISBN: 9780199581580 出版年：2008 页码：402 MacNeilage, Peter Oxford University Press

This important and original account of the origin and evolution of speech integrates the latest research in speech, acquisition, and neurobiology, and includes the key observation that infants learning language reveal similar constraints to those acting on our distant ancestors. It is written in a clear style with minimal recourse to jargon.