L'alba del linguaggio

Folosind, printre altele, antropologia, genetica și neurologia ca dalte, autorul încearcă să sculpteze o istorie a limbajului, bazându-se (evident) pe teorii înaintate de alții, dar și pe propriile-i presupuneri pe care le argumentează cu succes, unele dintre părându-mi-se fascinante. A fost o lectu Leggi tutto

It is a very rare thing indeed for me to read a non-fiction book that I enjoy this much, but then I have always been fascinated by the topic of language, including especially the unanswered question of how human beings originally acquired/developed language. This book presents a fairly comprehensive Leggi tutto

Sverker Johansson – I like this guy! He writes with gusto and conviction, he doesn’t beat around the bush when it comes to presenting his own opinion, but he also openly admits where knowledge is lacking or unattainable. He’s certainly not a fan of Chomsky’s theory of innate ‘grammar module’ that ev Leggi tutto

This book is about language development in homo sapiens. It is a well-researched detailed account that humans have taken over hundreds of thousands of years. I like it because the author is Swedish and not typically American or English as many anthropological books are authored by. And congratulatio Leggi tutto

This is an extremely engaging overview of what is known, speculated and assumed about the history of language. I was absorbed the whole way, and appreciated the diversity of material covered, from how we produce sounds through to the genetic evidence for language and delving into neuroscience. And o Leggi tutto

Vanuit mijn studie is dit een goede aanvulling en samenkomst van theorieën en studies. Een aantal zaken zijn alleen niet concreet of feitelijk onderbouwd om aangenomen te worden als waarheid. All in all een goed boek voor mensen die een interesse hebben in taal.

It was great until the author claimed that babies can swallow milk and breathe at the same time (no mammal can do this, ever).

În ce chip a apărut limbajul la homo sapiens este, așa cum am spus și în altă parte , o întrebare fără răspuns. Tot ceea ce avem, deocamdată, este o sumă de ipteze. Cea mai proeminentă dintre ele se sprijină pe teoriile lui Noam Chomsky. Limbajul a apărut brusc, în urma unei mutații genetice. Evoluți Leggi tutto

Úgy vélem, hogy így kell kinéznie egy informatív, ámde felettébb olvasmányos értekezésnek. Johansson nagyon ért hozzá, hogyan is kell megfogni az olvasót, és tekintettel arra, hogy ő inkább tudós, mintsem regényíró, azt mondhatom: le a kalappal! Tetszett, hogy nem in medias res kezdéssel huppantunk b Leggi tutto