More than nature needs : language, mind, and evolution

More than nature needs : language, mind, and evolution / Derek Bickerton.

"The human mind is an unlikely evolutionary adaptation. How did humans acquire cognitive capacities far more powerful than anything a hunting-and-gathering primate needed to survive? Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder with Darwin of evolutionary theory, saw humans as 'divine exceptions'...

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Main Author: Bickerton, Derek (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Language and languages.
Human evolution > Psychological aspects.
Language acquisition > Psychological aspects.
Cognitive grammar.
Psycholinguistics.
languages (study discipline)
language (general communication)
psycholinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
Cognitive grammar
Language acquisition > Psychological aspects
Language and languages
Psycholinguistics
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