RT Book, Whole SR Electronic(1) A1 Puppel, Stanislaw YR 1995 T1 The Biology of Language PB John Benjamins UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027274243, AB 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.