CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1 What Is Language? 1
6. 2 Do Animals Have Language? 21
7. 3 In the Beginning Was the Gesture 41
8. 4 On Our Own Two Feet 66
9. 5 Becoming Human 82
10. 6 Signed Language 102
11. 7 It’s All Talk 126
12. 8 Why Are We Lopsided? 159
13. 9 From Hand to Mouth 184
14. 10 Synopsis 213
15. References 221
16. Index 247