The Science Times Book of Language and

Z99 detailed illustrations editor Nicholas Wade and the award-winning Science Times journalists explore the mysterious roots of language

Introduction

1

(2)

The Tree of Language

3

(48)

Linguists Dig Deeper into Origins of Language

5

(5)

John Noble Wilford

Linguists Debating Deepest Roots of Language

10

(6)

John Noble Wilford

Gene Study Sees No Tie to Spread of Languages

16

(3)

William K. Stevens

When No One Read, Who Started to Write?

19

(7)

John Noble Wilford

New Family Tree Is Constructed for Indo-European

26

(5)

George Johnson

Scholars Debate Roots of Yiddish, Migration of Jews

31

(6)

George Johnson

Mummies, Textiles Offer Evidence of Europeans in Far East

37

(8)

John Noble Wilford

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza; A Geneticist Maps Ancient Migrations

45

(6)

Louise Levathes

Language in Other Species

51

(30)

Look Who's Talking. Don't Bother Listening

53

(3)

John Noble Wilford

Ancestral Humans Could Speak, Anthropologists' Finding Suggests

56

(4)

John Noble Wilford

Brain of Chimpanzee Sheds Light on Mystery of Language

60

(4)

Sandra Blakslee

Chimp Talk Debate: Is It Really Language?

64

(6)

George Johnson

She Talks to Apes and, According to Her, They Talk Back

70

(4)

Claudia Dreifus

Picking Up Mammals' Deep Notes

74

(7)

Jane E. Brody

The Acquisition of Language

81

(50)

In Brain's Early Growth, Timetable May Be Crucial

83

(7)

Sandra Blakeslee

Linguists Debate Study Classifying Language as Innate Human Skill

90

(5)

Gina Kolata

Babies Learn Sounds of Language by Six Months

95

(3)

Sandra Blakeslee

Study Finds Baby Talk Means More Than a Coo

98

(3)

Sandra Blakeslee

Studies Show Talking with Infants Shapes Basis of Ability to Think

101

(6)

Sandra Blakeslee

Deaf Babies Use Their Hands to Babble, Researcher Finds

107

(3)

Natalie Angier

Removing Half of Brain Improves Young Epileptics' Lives

110

(3)

Abigail Zuger

Test-Tube Moms

113

(6)

Stephen S. Hall

When an Adult Adds a Language, It's One Brain, Two Systems

119

(3)

Sandra Blakeslee

Old Brains Can Learn New Language Tricks

122

(4)

Sandra Blakeslee

Scientists Track the Process of Reading Through the Brain

126

(5)

Gina Kolata

Language and the Brain

131

(36)

Brain Yields New Clues on Its Organization for Language

134

(7)

Sandra Blakeslee

The Mystery of Music: How It Works in the Brain

141

(8)

Sandra Blakeslee

Odd Disorder of Brain May Offer New Clues

149

(6)

Sandra Blakeslee

Brain May Have Separate Units to Digest Writing and Speech

155

(3)

Sandra Blakeslee

Subtle But Intriguing Differences Found in the Brain Anatomy of Men and Women

158

(5)

Daniel Goleman

Men and Women Use Brain Differently, Study Discovers

163

(4)

Gina Kolata

Language and Society

167

(22)

Laughs: Rhythmic Bursts of Social Glue

169

(7)

Natalie Angier

Time Almost Buried Ancient Maya Secrets

176

(2)

John Noble Wilford

Language of Early Americans Is Deciphered

178

(6)

John Noble Wilford

In a Publishing Coup, Books in ``Unwritten'' Languages

184

(5)

John Noble Wilford

Indians Striving to Save Their Languages

189

James Brooke

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The Science Times Book of Language and Linguistics

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