About the Author

Philip Lieberman is Fred M. Seed Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.

Reviews

This book will surely become mandatory reading for those engaged in studying language, whether from biological, linguistic, psycholinguistic, developmental or evolutionary directions...[for] Lieberman succeeds in integrating all these levels and clarifying their mutual relevance. * Bulletin of the British Psychological Society *
This is a fascinating and provocative book... The facts are presented clearly, thereby making this text accessible to a wide and diverse audience. * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *