Human Language and Our Reptilian Brain

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Human Language and Our Reptilian Brain The Subcortical Bases of Speech, Syntax, and Thought Philip Lieberman. This book is an entry into the fierce current debate among psycholinguists, neuroscientists, and evolutionary theorists about the nature and origins of human language. A prominent neuroscientist here takes up the Darwinian case, using data seldom considered by psycholinguists and neurolinguists to argue that human language--though more sophisticated than all other forms of animal communication--is not a qualitatively different ability from all forms of animal communication, does not require a quantum evolutionary leap to explain it, and is not unified in a single "language instinct." Using clinical evidence from speech-impaired patients, functional neuroimaging, and evolutionary biology to make his case, Philip Lieberman contends that human language is not a single separate module but a functional neurological system made up of many separate abilities. Language remains as it began, Lieberman argues: a device for coping with the world. But in a blow to human narcissism, he makes the case that this most remarkable human ability is a by-product of our remote reptilian ancestors' abilities to dodge hazards, seize opportunities, and live to see another day. Philip Lieberman is Fred M. Seed Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and Professor of Anthropology at Brown University and the author of The Biology and Evolution of Language, Uniquely Human: The Evolution of Speech, Thought, and Selfless Behavior (both from Harvard), and Eve Spoke. Perspectives in Cognitive Neuroscience: A series edited by Stephen M. Kosslyn June 61/8 x 91/4 15 line illus., 1 halftone 224 pp.
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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Harvard University Press (May 31, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 067400793X
ISBN-13: 978-0674007932
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches

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