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First Word, The: the Search for the Origins of Language PDF Book FIRST WORD, THE: THE SEARCH FOR THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Christine Kenneally | 357 pages | 01 Jun 2008 | Penguin Publishing Group | 9780143113744 | English | New York, NY, United Kingdom First Word, the: The Search for the Origins of Language PDF Book Dec 16, Jrobertus rated it it was ok. Great writing, interesting interviews, and thought provoking. Not much so. In the end, you have to be human to have human language. However, because it leaves no permanent trace, its evolution has long been a mystery, and it is only in the last fifteen years that we have begun to understand how language came into being. I couldn't get all the way through it directly and ended up skimming a lot. The second addresses why scientists are at last able to explore the subject. These and almost everything else we consider part of normal human existence are embodied language. Wilcox, The Gestural Origin of Language. There are times when I felt the author gave me too much credit, expecting me to be able to remember names of linguists and what their theories were, from something she wrote about pages earlier. It is, she says, "the hardest problem in science today" The First Word , Get A Copy. Consequently, she paints Noam Chomsky as a villain who, with his focus on complex human syntax and universal grammar and by implication human uniqueness , has led evolutionary linguistics into fruitless controversy and blind paths. Share Flipboard Email. May 20, Lara Messersmith-Glavin rated it really liked it Recommended to Lara by: My mother-in-law gave it as a wonderful gift! To ask other readers questions about The First Word , please sign up. Cut to the inter-planetary research vehicle en route to a strange signal in the far reaches of the solar system. Amazing book! Language is constituted of an aggregate of different traits and processes that have developed over time. Though it does not draw any particular conclusions, it presents the reader with several well researched expert opinions on the subject and makes heavy use of science as backup. Books by Christine Kenneally. Children start with instinctive sounds like crying, sighing, laughing. I was a bit disappointed in the book. Enlarge cover. A delightful book! Kenneally over for tea to talk, and I'd give anything to browse in her library. This book traces the intellectual history of researchers understanding of how humans developed language and how language works in the brain. This is demonstrated by the advance of science itself as theories once held as approximations of reality are discarded as fundamentally misguided. It is a kind of spirit which is nowhere and everywhere. If, on the other hand, we define 'language' in structural terms, thus excluding from consideration most, if not all, of the kinds of gestural usages I have illustrated today, we may be in danger of missing important features of how language, so defined, actually succeeds as an instrument of communication. The first half of the book was in fact a recap of the linguistic war that has been going on for a while now. The similarities between us and other species further strengthen if we take gestures into account, which were likely the first mean of communication and are still used nowadays both by humans and other animals, such as chimpanzees and gorillas. On the one hand, there are those who feel that language is so complex, and so deeply ingrained in the human condition, that it must have evolved slowly over immense periods of time. Armstrong, William C. Just a passage I want to keep: " It is in us, among us and beyond us simultaneously. Dec 20, Alex rated it really liked it. The author seems to specifically aim at subverting this misleading trend. It presents the perspectives of many different researchers. In recent decades, however, scholars from such diverse fields as genetics, anthropology, and cognitive science have been engaged, as Christine Kenneally says, in "a cross-discipline, multidimensional treasure hunt" to find out how language began. In too many others, it seemed a dry recitation of the literature. Kenneally is especially keen at presenting the wide perspective, factoring in the influence of gesture, number sense and even music along with phonology and syntax. First Word, the: The Search for the Origins of Language Writer It is in us, among us and beyond us simultaneously. It starts with an interesting question, and then proceeds to wrap together an insightful and honest intellectual history of the various ways people, past and present, have tried to answer it. Only the section on the analysis of the Fox2b gene, and its implication for positive linguistic selection, had any real interest. The second addresses why scientists are at last able to explore the subject. And views have diverged greatly on the matter of what is an acceptable proxy. Oxford University Press, Even physicists are obsessed with the idea of a multiverse. I read it with great interest, but of course did not underline a borrowed book. She includes a lot of fascinating evidence from research into animal communication that have helped us understand what does or does NOT "separate us from the animals". The New York Times provides a more competent review than what I have provided here. It had some interesting points if you're interested in language and linguistics , but those weren't enough to hold my interest. Then they often pick up exclamations like Wow! View all 23 comments. And we tend to go along with the deception because we really have no alternative. Glad to have found it. This can only enrich our understanding of how these instrumentalities function. There's the 'bow-wow' model in which language originated as imitations of animal cries. A gorgeous book, beautifully written and carefully argued. More filters. Kenneally is strongly attached to the view that human language skills are not particularly unique in the animal world. Consequently, she paints Noam Chomsky as a villain who, with his focus on complex human syntax and universal gr I picked this up because I wanted to see what happened to evolutionary linguistics after Pinker's "Language Instinct. Error rating book. Not the last word: I enjoyed this book - a great range of anecdotes and examples that helped me to understand much about language that I had not known of before. The writer presents an intriguing and controversial question about how did human language evolve. It begins with a fine introduction. Christine Kenneally, however, goes where other linguists fear to tread: she ponders the evolution of language, its implications, and why it matters. Zipf applied the tool to babies' babbling, and the resulting slope was closer to the horizontal. In the end, you have to be human to have human language. I thoroughly enjoyed the chapters on animal communication and the chapters on the many differing opinions on whether the complexity of the human language is something truly unique. Language is the real information highway, the first virtual world. If the sequence is ten words or more, you'll have no chance of guessing the next word correctly. The author writes with great objectivity and keeps thing moving along with an interesting but unobtrusive voice. Some researchers think the right conditions for language occurred as recently as 10, years ago; others suggest that it might be , years or more still an eye-blink in evolutionary much less cosmic terms. Nov 10, Jay Bhattacharya rated it it was ok. First Word, the: The Search for the Origins of Language Reviews This was a summary of current research on the cultural, mental and genetic factors involved in the prehistoric origin of language. The writer presents both sides, with just enough explanation about how Noam Chomsky's ideas about syntax and Universal Grammar to follow the story, with new research going in from ape language to computer modeling, all cle A delightful book! Oct 29, Kelly rated it really liked it. Get A Copy. I couldn't get all the way through it directly and ended up skimming a lot. Lists with This Book. Although they can't yet explain the effects of the gene, it is interesting because it is one of the very few found only in humans and not in apes. At least as old as our shared ancestor with other great apes. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to any audience interested in the field of linguistics. Chomsky really is an idiot. The New York Times provides a more competent review than what I have provided here. How old is simple syntax? Escape the Present with These 24 Historical Romances. This is demonstrated by the advance of science itself as theories once held as approximations of reality are discarded as fundamentally misguided. The first is an account of how language developed—how the random and layered processes of evolution wound together to produce a talking animal: us. Original Title. Then you get objects and pointing, and later grammar. Oxford University Press, It is a kind of spirit which is nowhere and everywhere. The scenario by which language evolved in humans to assist the coordination of working together as on the pre- historic equivalent of a loading dock has been nicknamed the 'yo-heave-ho' model. A good primer, and Kenneally is a good writer. Kenneally over for tea to talk, and I'd give anything to browse in her library. Consequently, she paints Noam Chomsky as a villain who, with his focus on complex human syntax and universal gr I picked this up because I wanted to see what happened to evolutionary linguistics after Pinker's "Language Instinct.
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