Why Only Us: Language and Evolution by Noam Chomsky, Robert C. Berwick

Why Only Us: Language and Evolution

Noam Chomsky, Robert C. Berwick

224 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction science informative slow-paced
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We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in conversations. This remarkable, species-specific abilit...

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