This is one of the first systematic attempts to bring language within the neo-Darwinian framework of modern evolutionary theory, without abandoning the vast gai

This book considers language within the framework of modern evolutionary theory, emphasising its social bases.

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

What is it that makes us human? This is one of the most challenging and important questions we face. Our species' defining characteristic is language - we appea

This major new work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic lin