This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in particular, the origins of syntax. Drawing on evidence from primatology, anthropology and linguistics, it presents a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action.
This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in particular, the origins of syntax. Drawing on evidence from primatology, anthropology and linguistics, it presents a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action.