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...