Vico, Metaphor, and the Origin of Language

"... serious scholars of Vico as well as glottogeneticists will find
much of value in this excellent monograph." -- New Vico
Studies

"... a provocative, well-researched argument which
might find reapplication in the fields of anthropology, semiotics, archeology,
psychology or even philosophy." -- Theological Book
Review

Danesi returns to the work of the 18th-century Italian
philosopher Giambattista Vico to create a persuasive, original account of the
evolution and development of language, one of the deep mysteries of human existence.
The Vichian reconstruction of the origin of language is described at length, then
evaluated in light of contemporary research in the cognitive, social, and biological
sciences.