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How Language Began: Gesture and Speech in Human Evolution by David McNeill

How Language Began: Gesture and Speech in Human Evolution

David McNeill

280 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction science informative reflective medium-paced
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Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved is cent...

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