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Christine Kenneally

Christine Kenneally appears in the following:

The Origins of Human Language

Friday, November 23, 2007

Language may not be a uniquely human gift after all...studies have demonstrated that animals can use language too. Linguist and journalist Christine Kenneally explains what this tells us about the origins of human language. Her recent book is The First Word.

The First Word is available for purchase at

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The Origins of Language

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Language is a distinctly human gift, yet we’re only now beginning to understand how it came into being. Christine Kenneally has written about language and science for the New Yorker and Discover, and in her new book, The First Word, she investigates the evolution of language and introduces the major ...

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