Grooming, Gossip & the Evolution of Lang - Hardcover

Dunbar, Robin

 
9780571173969: Grooming, Gossip & the Evolution of Lang
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0571173969 ISBN 13: 9780571173969
Verlag: Faber & Faber, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Arguing that gossiping is vital to a society, and that there is no such thing as "idle" gossip, this book disputes the assumption that language developed in male-male relationships. The author believes that, on the contrary, language evolved among women, and contends that, although men are just as likely to natter as women, women gossip more about other people, thus strengthening the female-female relationships that underpin society.

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Arguing that gossiping is vital to a society, and that there is no such thing as "idle" gossip, this book disputes the assumption that language developed in male-male relationships. The author believes that, on the contrary, language evolved among women, and contends that, although men are just as likely to natter as women, women gossip more about other people, thus strengthening the female-female relationships that underpin society.

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Verlag
Faber & Faber
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0571173969
ISBN 13 
9780571173969
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
248
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