MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01453pam a2200229 a 4500
001 90042859
003 DLC
005 19910507155008.7
008 900629s1991 nyuab b 00100 eng
010 $a 90042859
020 $a0716721465 :$c$11.95
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aP106$b.E45 1991
082 00 $a400$220
245 04 $aThe Emergence of language :$bdevelopment and evolution : readings from Scientific American magazine /$cedited by William S.-Y. Wang.
260 0 $aNew York :$bW.H. Freeman,$cc1991.
300 $axiv, 182 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [173]-174) and index.
505 0 $aAnimal communication / Edward O. Wilson -- Teaching language to an ape / Ann James Premack and David Premack -- The earliest precursor of writing / Denise Schmandt-Besserat -- The origins of Indo-European languages / Colin Renfrew -- Creole languages / Derek Bickerton -- Specializations of the human brain / Norman Geschwind -- Learning by instinct / James L. Gould and Peter Marler -- The acoustics of the singing voice / Johan Sundberg -- The perception of speech in early infancy / Peter D. Eimas -- The acquisition of language / Breyne Arlene Moskowitz -- How children learn words / George A. Miller and Patricia M. Gildea -- Dyslexia / Frank R. Vellutino.
650 0 $aLanguage and languages.
700 10 $aWang, William S.-Y.,$d1933-
730 00 $aScientific American.