Dessalles, Jean-Louis.

Why we talk : the evolutionary origins of language / Jean-Louis Dessalles ; translated by James Grieve. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xi, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Studies in the evolution of language ; 7 .

French edition, Aux origines du langage, first published by Hermès Science Publications, Paris, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-375) and index.


Translated from the French.

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Language and languages--Origin.
Animal communication.
Human evolution.

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