Tani's review
The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language
by Christine Kenneally
Tani's review
The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language by Christine Kenneally
Tani's review
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I'm currently taking a course in Linguistic Anthropology, and I ended up getting really interested in the evolution of language. I picked up this book hoping to learn more. So I knew some of the things that were mentioned in here, but a lot of it was completely new to me. I found it really interesting to read about all the studies that have been done in the area of language evolution. I thought this book worked really well as an introduction to the subject; it didn't assume that I was already an expert on the issue, and it presented everything in a fashion that was easy to understand. I really enjoyed reading it.
