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How did we get from there to here in the evolution of language?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2003

Willem Zuidema  and
Bart de Boer
Willem Zuidema*
Affiliation:
Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, and Institute of Animal, Cell and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9LL, United Kingdom http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~jelle
Bart de Boer*
Affiliation:
Kunstmatige Intelligentie, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 9712 TS Groningen, The Netherlands http://www.ai.rug.nl/~bart
*
jelle@ling.ed.ac.uk
b.de.boer@ai.rug.nl
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Abstract:

Jackendoff's scenario of the evolution of language is a major contribution towards a more rigorous theory of the origins of language, because it is theoretically constrained by a testable theory of modern language. However, the theoretical constraints from evolutionary theory are not really recognized in his work. We hope that Jackendoff's lead will be followed by intensive cooperation between linguistic theorists and evolutionary modellers.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 694 - 695
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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