TY  - BOOK
AU  - Przemysław Żywiczyński
PY  - 2018
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2193-4207
SN  - 9783631757772
TI  - Language Origins
T2  - From Mythology to Science
DO  - 10.3726/b14208
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1056843
N2  - The science of language evolution appeared at the end of the last century but topically belongs to language origins – the domain of investigation that is concerned with the beginnings and diversification of language. Language evolution as a research area contrasts with the antiquity of language origins, which can be traced back to the earliest forms of traditional reflection. Language evolution emphasises its scientific orientation, whereas throughout most of its history language origins constituted a complex mixture of mythology, philosophy of language, as well as religiously and scientifically inspired speculation. This work is the first book-long attempt to document the whole history of language origins and situate language evolution in this wide intellectual context.
KW  - Creation myths, Adamic problem, Philosophy, Naturalistic glottogony, Comparative philology, Darwinism
LA  - English
ER  -