Download or read book The First Word written by Christine Kenneally and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the quest for human language origins is comprised of two intertwined narratives that respectively trace the development of language and the process through which scientists have explored the subject, in an account that also documents the contributions of such figures as Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker.