The Origin of Speech torrent

The Origin of Speech
Publisher: Oxford University Press | ISBN: 019923650X | edition 2008 | PDF | 352 pages | 1.4 mb

This book explores the origin and evolution of speech. The human speech system is in a league of its own in the animal kingdom and its possession dwarfs most other evolutionary achievements. During every second of speech we unconsciously use about 225 distinct muscle actions. To investigate the evolutionary origins of this prodigious ability, Peter MacNeilage draws on work in linguistics, cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and animal behaviour.