Symbolic Species, The: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain
by Deacon, Terrence W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393038386
- ISBN 13
- 9780393038385
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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Synopsis
The Symbolic Species (published 1997) is a book by anthropologist Terrence Deacon. It attempts to unravel the evolution of language and symbolic thought and to explain why language is unique to humans. The Symbolic Species is a multi-disclipinary book that at the time of publishing was seen as groundbreaking. It is considered to have bound together a wide array of ideas in a way that advanced the understanding of professionals in several fields.
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- Bookseller
- Monroe Street Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31597
- Title
- Symbolic Species, The: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain
- Author
- Deacon, Terrence W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0393038386
- ISBN 13
- 9780393038385
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Sciences, Neuroscience, Reprint, , .
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
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