Download or read book The Nature and Origin of Language written by Denis Bouchard and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Denis Bouchard looks at how the human brain got the capacity for language and how language evolved. He argues that language is a system of signs and considers how these elements first came together in the brain. His account of language origins offers insights into language and to constructions that have defied decades of linguistic analysis.