The origin of the language. Facts, research, hypotheses. 2nd edition, processed and supplemented. Burlak S.A.

The study of the issue of the origin of the human language, or Glottogenesis, looks like a detective: too many versions and evidence-evidence has to be collected bit by bit. Moreover, these grains are from different sciences: anthropology, neurophysiology, ethology, archeology, genetics and, of course, linguistics.

In the book “The Origin of Language: Facts, Research, Hypotheses” Linguist, Doctor of Philology Svetlana Burlac collected The data of all these sciences spoke about them in simple words and put forward her hypothesis of the origin of the language.

This is the second, supplemented edition of the book. 10 years have passed since the release of the first edition. During this time, dozens of discoveries were made in Glottogenesis, and the question of the origin of the language became one of the most fashionable directions of science. This publication took into account the latest scientific data, a new chapter appeared, and the rest of the chapters were significantly expanded.