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Language Evolution: Consensus and Controversies, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
 









Abstract: Why is language the way it is? How did language come to be this way?
And why is our species alone in having complex language? These are old unsolved
questions that have seen a renaissance in the dramatic recent growth in research
being published on the origins and evolution of human language. This review
provides a broad overview of some of the important current work in this area. We
highlight new methodologies (such as computational modeling), emerging points of
consensus (such as the importance of pre-adaptation), and the major remaining
controversies (such as gestural origins of language). We also discuss why
language evolution is such a difficult problem, and suggest probable directions
research may take in the near future.
Source: Language Evolution: Consensus and Controversies[
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_aset=W-WA-A-A-CY-MsSAYWW-UUA-AUCDVUWVBD-AWEYDUUVB-CY-A&_rdoc=21&_fmt=summary&_udi=B6VH9-48Y6WHH-5&_coverDate=06%2F28%2F2003&_cdi=6061&_orig=alert&_st=1&_sort=d&view=c&_ArchiveHandle=0x00022fb1%2F0x000ab418%2F20030630%2F15%3A32%3A50&_alertKey=701464&_acct=C000010638&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1209923&md5=ffeb60ae17d83e8f986bfa3a430678d3
], Morten H. Christiansen, Simon Kirby, DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00136-0,
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 7(7):300-307, 2003-07

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