The Dawn Of Languages Sverker Johansson

MACLEHOSE PRESS

Have you ever contemplated why we speak the way we do? Or why we speak at all? Scientist Sverker Johansson has. He left his career as a particle physicist when he discovered the exciting world of language. Drawing on evidence from fields as diverse as archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Johansson shows us how our ancestors evolved into language users, and the differences and similarities between languages spoken around the world.