Description: Speaking Our Minds by Thom Scott-Phillips Fascinating and original, Scott-Phillips presents a novel thesis explaining the origins and evolution of language to answer the questions of why language is unique to humans and how language developed. Drawing on evolutionary psychology, biology, linguistics and anthropology, it is essential reading for anyone interested in languages evolution. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective tell us about the nature of language and communication?Drawing on a range of disciplines including cognitive science, linguistics, anthropology and evolutionary biology, Speaking Our Minds explains how language evolved and why we are the only species to communicate in this way.Written by a rising star in the field, this groundbreaking book is required reading for anyone interested in understanding the origins and evolution of human communication and language. Back Cover Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective tell us about the nature of language and communication? Drawing on a range of disciplines including cognitive science, linguistics, anthropology and evolutionary biology, Speaking Our Minds explains how language evolved and why we are the only species to communicate in this way. Written by a rising star in the field, this groundbreaking book is required reading for anyone interested in understanding the origins and evolution of human communication and language. Author Biography Thom Scott-Phillips is a research fellow in Evolutionary and Cognitive Anthropology, at Durham University, UK. He currently holds an Addison Wheeler Fellowship and a prestigious ESRC Future Research Leaders grant, and was previously a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He has spent the past 10 years studying and researching the evolutionary origins of human communication and language. His work has received multiple prizes and accolades, including the New Investigator Award from the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association in 2011, and the British Psychological Societys award for Outstanding Doctoral Research in 2010. Table of Contents 1. Two Approaches to Communication2. The Emergence of Communication Systems3. Cognition and Communication4. The Evolution of Ostensive Communication5. Crossing the Rubicon6. Evolutionary AdaptationEpilogue: The Big Questions Answered. Review "This I believe is the most important and the best book ever written on the evolution of language. It is the most important because it integrates like never before the different perspectives of linguistics, psychology, primatology, evolutionary biology, and anthropology into a novel and compelling explanation of how language emerged and evolved. It is the best because, moreover, it achieves this level of integration with great simplicity and clarity. A must-read. - Dan Sperber, Emeritus Research Professor, CNRS, Paris, France & Professor of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary "Scott-Phillips has done an amazing job, combining approaches from fields as disparate as linguistics, cognition and evolutionary theory, to bring clarity to our understanding of human language. He explains what is special about human language, where it came from, and why it mattered for evolution. He has cut through the jargon to produce a highly readable book that will appeal to all users and students of communication, from humpty dumpty to eminent linguists." - Stu West, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Oxford, UK "Clear, engaging, both serious and yet fun to read, this book offers a fresh perspective on what often seems to be a well-worn topic. It will reinvigorate debate, and encourage new ways of thinking." - Louise Barrett, Professor of Psychology & Canada Research Chair in Cognition, Evolution and Behaviour, University of Lethbridge, Canada "This is a highly accessible account of the nature of human language that challenges many common assumptions and makes a compelling argument for how we should approach language evolution." - Katie Slocombe, Evolutionary Psychologist & Senior Lecturer, University of York "This book is very impressive. The spirit of scientific endeavour and the excitement of understanding a complex topic come across strongly." - Andrew Wells, formerly Senior Lecturer in Psychology at LSE, UK "Speaking Our Minds is an engagingly written and convincingly argued work that promises to stimulate much new research in the field. The book offers a unifying account that tackles many of the questions surrounding the evolution of language." - Journal of Language Evolution Promotional "This I believe is the most important and the best book ever written on the evolution of language. It is the most important because it integrates like never before the different perspectives of linguistics, psychology, primatology, evolutionary biology, and anthropology into a novel and compelling explanation of how language emerged and evolved. It is the best because, moreover, it achieves this level of integration with great simplicity and clarity. A must-read. - Dan Sperber, Emeritus Research Professor, CNRS, Paris, France & Professor of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary "Scott-Phillips has done an amazing job, combining approaches from fields as disparate as linguistics, cognition and evolutionary theory, to bring clarity to our understanding of human language. He explains what is special about human language, where it came from, and why it mattered for evolution. He has cut through the jargon to produce a highly readable book that will appeal to all users and students of communication, from humpty dumpty to eminent linguists." - Stu West, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Oxford, UK "Clear, engaging, both serious and yet fun to read, this book offers a fresh perspective on what often seems to be a well-worn topic. It will reinvigorate debate, and encourage new ways of thinking." - Louise Barrett, Professor of Psychology & Canada Research Chair in Cognition, Evolution and Behaviour, University of Lethbridge, Canada "This is a highly accessible account of the nature of human language that challenges many common assumptions and makes a compelling argument for how we should approach language evolution." - Katie Slocombe, Evolutionary Psychologist & Senior Lecturer, University of York "This book is very impressive. The spirit of scientific endeavour and the excitement of understanding a complex topic come across strongly." - Andrew Wells, formerly Senior Lecturer in Psychology at LSE, UK "Speaking Our Minds is an engagingly written and convincingly argued work that promises to stimulate much new research in the field. The book offers a unifying account that tackles many of the questions surrounding the evolution of language." - Journal of Language Evolution Long Description Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective tell us about the nature of language and communication? Drawing on a range of disciplines including cognitive science, linguistics, anthropology and evolutionary biology, Speaking Our Minds explains how language evolved and why we are the only species to communicate in this way. Written by a rising star in the field, this groundbreaking book is required reading for anyone interested in understanding the origins and evolution of human communication and language. Review Quote "This I believe is the most important and the best book ever written on the evolution of language. It is the most important because it integrates like never before the different perspectives of linguistics, psychology, primatology, evolutionary biology, and anthropology into a novel and compelling explanation of how language emerged and evolved. It is the best because, moreover, it achieves this level of integration with great simplicity and clarity. A must-read. - Dan Sperber, Emeritus Research Professor, CNRS, Paris, France & Professor of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary "Scott-Phillips has done an amazing job, combining approaches from fields as disparate as linguistics, cognition and evolutionary theory, to bring clarity to our understanding of human language. He explains what is special about human language, where it came from, and why it mattered for evolution. He has cut through the jargon to produce a highly readable book that will appeal to all users and students of communication, from humpty dumpty to eminent linguists." - Stu West, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Oxford, UK Clear, engaging, both serious and yet fun to read, this book offers a fresh perspective on what often seems to be a well-worn topic. It will reinvigorate debate, and encourage new ways of thinking. - Louise Barrett, Professor of Psychology & Canada Research Chair in Cognition, Evolution and Behaviour, University of Lethbridge, Canada "This is a highly accessible account of the nature of human language that challenges many common assumptions and makes a compelling argument for how we should approach language evolution." - Katie Slocombe, Evolutionary Psychologist & Senior Lecturer, University of York This book is very impressive. The spirit of scientific endeavour and the excitement of understanding a complex topic come across strongly. - Andrew Wells, formerly Senior Lecturer in Psychology at LSE, UK Feature ground-breaking graduate-level text that explores the big questions behind the evolution of language Description for Bookstore A fascinating and original examination of the origins and evolution of language in humans from a rising star in the field who draws on disciplines including anthropology, psychology and linguistics Details ISBN1137334576 Year 2014 ISBN-10 1137334576 ISBN-13 9781137334572 Format Hardcover Pages 212 Publication Date 2014-11-03 Short Title SPEAKING OUR MINDS Language English Media Book DEWEY 417.7 Illustrations Yes Subtitle Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Imprint Red Globe Press DOI 10.1057/9781137312730;10.1007/978-1-137-31273-0 NZ Release Date 2014-11-03 UK Release Date 2014-11-03 Author Thom Scott-Phillips Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Alternative 9781137334565 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2014-11-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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