The question of how language emerged is one of the most fascinating and difficult problems in science. In recent years, a strong resurgence of interest in the e

This study analyses reflections on music and considers ways in which it facilitates links between language and meaning.

In The Gestural Origin of Language, Sherman Wilcox and David Armstrong use evidence from and about sign languages to explore the origins of language as we know

This book brings together the most important insights from the vast amount of literature on the origin of language.

Sverker Johansson has written an unusual book on language origins, with its emphasis on empirical evidence rather than theory-building. This is a book for the s