01686cam a2200265 4500 759174070 TxAuBib 20161104120000.0 160929s2016||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9780316269964 lg. print $28.00 0316269964 lg. print $28.00 (OCoLC)958286720 KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Wolfe, Tom. The kingdom of speech [Large Type Book] / Tom Wolfe. 1st large print ed. New York, NY : Little, Brown and Co., 2016. 297 p. (large print) ; 22 cm. "First there was the word. Or was there? In The Kingdom of Speech, bestselling author Tom Wolfe takes on the mystery behind the creation of language. From Alfred Russel Wallace, the self-taught Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced it, to the neo-Darwinists, who for years argued that there is a language 'organ' in the human brain, Wolfe shows how science has repeatedly tried and failed to account for man's gift of gab. And he examines the new controversial work of anthropologist Daniel Everett, who defies the current wisdom that language is hardwired in humans. With trenchant wit, Wolfe shows the importance of the courageous outsider in overturning our most cherished ideas about ourselves. His provocative tour de force will have everyone talking"--Jacket flap. 20161104. Language and languages Origin. Human evolution. Historical linguistics. RV8