# Why Only Us

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- Book: [Why Only Us](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-c-berwick/why-only-us) ([Why Only Us.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-c-berwick/why-only-us.md))
- Authors: [Robert C. Berwick](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-c-berwick), [Noam Chomsky](https://www.bookquiver.com/noam-chomsky)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6253-349-2
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2017-05-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it.“A loosely connected...