2017 1st impression. Hardback in jacket. 23.5x16cm. xi+260 pages with index. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref EMP/26. The Truth About Language: What it is and Where it Came from by Michael C. Corballis. Published in 2017 by University of Chicago Press, USA.

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T�tulo: The Truth About Language: What it is and Where it Came from
Editor: University of Chicago Press, USA
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2017
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 022628719X
ISBN 13: 9780226287195
Encuadernaci�n: Hardback
Edici�n: 1st Edition
Impresi�n: 1st Printing
Estado: Very Good Plus
Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Plus
Peso: 500 gramos

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Evolutionary science has long viewed language as, basically, a fortunate accident a crossing of wires that happened to be extraordinarily useful, setting humans apart from other animals and onto a trajectory that would see their brains (and the products of those brains) become increasingly complex. But as Michael C. Corballis shows in The Truth about Language, it's time to reconsider those assumptions. Language, he argues, is not the product of some "big bang" 60,000 years ago, but rather the result of a typically slow process of evolution with roots in elements of grammatical language found much farther back in our evolutionary history. Language, Corballis explains, evolved as a way to share thoughts and, crucially for human development, to connect our own "mental time travel," our imagining of events and people that are not right in front of us, to that of other people. We share that ability with other animals, but it was the development of language that made it powerful: it led to our ability to imagine other perspectives, to imagine ourselves in the minds of others, a development that, by easing social interaction, proved to be an extraordinary evolutionary advantage. Even as his thesis challenges such giants as Chomsky and Stephen Jay Gould, Corballis writes accessibly and wittily, filling his account with unforgettable anecdotes and fascinating historical examples. The result is a book that's perfect both for deep engagement and as brilliant fodder for that lightest of all forms of language, cocktail party chatter.. NOTA: El libro no est� en espa�ol, sino en ingl�s.

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Michael C. Corballis is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and the author of many books, including The Wandering Mind and A Very Short Tour of the Mind: 21 Short Walks around the Human Brain.

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