Language is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented." So begins linguist Guy Deutscher's enthralling investigation into the genesis and evolution of language. If we started off with rudimentary utterances on the level of "man throw spear," how did we end up with sophisticated grammars, enormous vocabularies, and intricately nuanced degrees of ...(展开全部)

Language is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented." So begins linguist Guy Deutscher's enthralling investigation into the genesis and evolution of language. If we started off with rudimentary utterances on the level of "man throw spear," how did we end up with sophisticated grammars, enormous vocabularies, and intricately nuanced degrees of ...(展开全部)

In this forcefully argued book, the leading evolutionary theorist of language draws on evidence from evolutionary biology, genetics, physical anthropology, anatomy, and neuroscience, to provide a framework for studying the evolution of human language and cognition. </p> Philip Lieberman argues forcibly that the widely influential theories of language's development, adv...(展开全部)

In this forcefully argued book, the leading evolutionary theorist of language draws on evidence from evolutionary biology, genetics, physical anthropology, anatomy, and neuroscience, to provide a framework for studying the evolution of human language and cognition. </p> Philip Lieberman argues forcibly that the widely influential theories of language's development, adv...(展开全部)

丹尼尔•L. 埃弗里特（Daniel L. Everett） 传奇式的语言学家和人类学家。埃弗里特出生于美国和墨西哥边境多语言混杂的环境中，早年就学于神学院，毕业后被派往巴西研究当地部落民的语言以便向其传教。埃弗里特在这里展现出了强大的语言天赋，很快学会了当地人的语言并痴迷于此，他在亚马孙丛林中的皮拉罕人部落中生活二十余年，取得了一系列重要的研究成果，在皮拉罕人思维方式的影响下，他逐渐放弃信仰成为一个无神论者。 埃弗里特曾在坎皮纳斯大学、匹兹堡大学、曼彻斯特大学和伊利诺伊州立大学担任语言学和人类学方面的职务，现为本特利大学认知科学受托教授（Trustee Professor），著有《语言：文化工具》《别睡，这里有蛇》《语言学的野外考察》《心灵的暗物质》《语言的诞生》等。

A revolutionary account of the origins of language from one of the world's best known and most influential linguists In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky: when and how did language begin? What is it? And what is it for? Daniel Everett confounds the conventional wisdom that language originated...(展开全部)

A revolutionary account of the origins of language from one of the world's best known and most influential linguists In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky: when and how did language begin? What is it? And what is it for? Daniel Everett confounds the conventional wisdom that language originated...(展开全部)

Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of The Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Set on a mysterious island, Bioy's novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious. Inspired by Bioy Casares's fas...(展开全部)

"Heterosexuality," assumed to denote a universal sexual and cultural norm, has been largely exempt from critical scrutiny. In this boldly original work, Jonathan Ned Katz challenges the common notion that the distinction between heterosexuality and homosexuality has been a timeless one. Building on the history of medical terminology, he reveals that as late as 1923 the term "he...(展开全部)

Both a critical history of anthropological theory and methods and a challenging essay in the sociology of science, The Invention of Primitive Society shows how, since Darwin, anthropologists have tried to define the original form of human society. The first generation - from Henry Maine to Lewis Henry Morgan - initiated the search. By the end of the century, the theory of 'to...(展开全部)