Philip Lieberman

Philip Lieberman is a linguist at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Originally trained in phonetics, he wrote a dissertation on intonation. The remainder of his career has focused on topics in the evolution of language, and particularly the relationship between the evolution of the vocal tract and the evolution of speech and language. His work in this field stimulated considerable interest in this area.

Lieberman later became interested in photography and mountaineering, and has published on both in Switzerland.

He currently holds an endowed chair in the Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences at Brown University, and is also a professor in the Department of Anthropology.

Partial bibliography

Lieberman, Philip (June 1975). On the Origins of Language. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0023706902.
Lieberman, Philip (1984). The Biology and Evolution of Language. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674074130.

External links

Lieberman's Web page at Brown University retrieved 31st Dec 2010

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