Language Evolution


Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
Why Only Us: Language and Evolution
The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans
The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language – A Witty Linguistics Guide to How Tongues Mix, Mutate, and Evolve
The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
Către originile limbajului: o istorie naturală a vorbirii
A Critical Introduction to Language Evolution
Cloud Atlas
The Evolution of Communication (Bradford Books)
The Oxford Handbook of Approaches to Language Evolution
The Symbolic Species Evolved
Sydney Brenner's 10-on-10: The Chronicles Of Evolution
Jo Walton
Welsh mutates initial consonants. Actually all languages do, but most of them take centuries, while Welsh does it while your mouth is still open.
Jo Walton, Among Others

Daniel C. Dennett
We Homo sapiens are the only species (so far) with richly cumulative culture, and the key ingredient of culture that makes this possible is language.
Daniel C. Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

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