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The origins of music in (musi)language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Evelina Leivada Open the ORCID record for Evelina Leivada [Opens in a new window]
Evelina Leivada*
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Department of English and German Studies, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43002 Tarragona, Spain. evelina.leivada@urv.cat, https://evelinaleivada.com/
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Abstract

The view of music as a byproduct of other cognitive functions has been deemed incomplete or incorrect. Revisiting the six lines of evidence that support this conclusion, it is argued that it is unclear how the hypothesis that music has its origins in (musi)language is discarded. Two additional promising research lines that can support or discard the byproduct hypothesis are presented.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e104
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