Download or read book The Biology of Language written by Stanis?aw Puppel and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together 15 papers on the evolution and origin of language. The authors approach the subject from various angles, exploring biological, cultural, psychological and linguistic factors. A wide variety of topics is discussed, such as animal communication, language acquisition, the essentialist-evolutionist debate, and genetic classification.