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![Why Only Us: Language and Evolution by Robert C. Berwick](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCUGZwcVFRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ae758accb317290ea840d339dfe58fb12e3f1255/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Why%20Only%20Us-%20Language%20and%20Evolution.jpg)
224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780262034241
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
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We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in conversations. This remarkable, species-specific abilit...
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224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780262034241
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
We are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in conversations. This remarkable, species-specific abilit...