Part I The Social Essence of Language ............................................................. 1
Chapter 1 The Social Nature of Language ...................................................................................................2
Chapter 2 The Functions of Language .......................................................................................................23
Chapter 3 Language and Communication.................................................................................................42
Chapter 4 Language and Thinking .............................................................................................................64
Part II The Origin and Development of Language ........................................83
Chapter 1 The Origin of Language .............................................................................................................84
Chapter 2 The Development of Language ............................................................................................... 115
Chapter 3 The Prospects of Language Development..............................................................................158
About the Translator
Zhaohong Deng (邓兆红), born in 1973, is from Lu'an, Anhui, China. She is a doctor, professor and vice dean of the School of Foreign Languages at Anhui Science and Technology University, member of the China Translators Association, academic committee member of the Anhui Institute of Translation Studies, member of the Anhui Foreign Language and Literature Association, and mentor for Master of Translation and Interpreting. She has translated and proofread approximately one million words of cutting- edge materials, conference presentation PPTs, scenic spot introductions, and academic papers for government departments such as the Yangtze River Delta Functional Agriculture Research Institute, Fengyang County Health Commission, Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism; agricultural and forestry enterprises such as China-Israel Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. She once assembled a team to translate bid documents for Hunan Lvlin Construction Group Co., Ltd., helping the company successfully win a landscaping project. She has published more than 20 papers and authored one monograph and three textbooks.