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  • 6 - Conclusions

  • Stephen C. Levinson, Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik, The Netherlands
  • Book:
    The Interaction Engine
    Published online:
    16 May 2025
    Print publication:
    19 June 2025, pp 149-167
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    The puzzle at the outset of the book is how a fixed biological machinery (like the vocal organs and brain adaptations) could evolve despite the great diversity of languages. The interaction engine bridges the arch from the biological machinery to the cultural diversity of languages, by explaining how the variability is made possible through a uniform set of principles of communicative interaction which makes the learning of diverse languages possible. The book suggests that the enduring mysteries of language evolution are partly unravelled by studies of the interaction system that underlies language.