The Evolution of Musicality: What Can Be Learned from Language Evolution Research?
Language and music share many commonalities, both as natural phenomena and as subjects of intellectual inquiry. Rather than exhaustively reviewing these connections, we focus on potential cross-pollination of methodological inquiries and attitudes. We highlight areas in which scholarship on the evol...
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| author | Andrea Ravignani Andrea Ravignani Andrea Ravignani Bill Thompson Bill Thompson Piera Filippi Piera Filippi Piera Filippi Piera Filippi |
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| description | Language and music share many commonalities, both as natural phenomena and as subjects of intellectual inquiry. Rather than exhaustively reviewing these connections, we focus on potential cross-pollination of methodological inquiries and attitudes. We highlight areas in which scholarship on the evolution of language may inform the evolution of music. We focus on the value of coupled empirical and formal methodologies, and on the futility of mysterianism, the declining view that the nature, origins and evolution of language cannot be addressed empirically. We identify key areas in which the evolution of language as a discipline has flourished historically, and suggest ways in which these advances can be integrated into the study of the evolution of music. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a366c9a39fe4d84a0f1bb2248939b0d2022-12-21T18:46:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2018-02-011210.3389/fnins.2018.00020311191The Evolution of Musicality: What Can Be Learned from Language Evolution Research?Andrea Ravignani0Andrea Ravignani1Andrea Ravignani2Bill Thompson3Bill Thompson4Piera Filippi5Piera Filippi6Piera Filippi7Piera Filippi8Department of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, NetherlandsArtificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, BelgiumResearch Department, Sealcentre Pieterburen, Pieterburen, NetherlandsDepartment of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, NetherlandsArtificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, NetherlandsInstitute of Language, Communication and the Brain, Aix-en-Provence, FranceLaboratoire Parole et Langage LPL UMR 7309, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence, FranceLaboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive LPC UMR7290, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, FranceLanguage and music share many commonalities, both as natural phenomena and as subjects of intellectual inquiry. Rather than exhaustively reviewing these connections, we focus on potential cross-pollination of methodological inquiries and attitudes. We highlight areas in which scholarship on the evolution of language may inform the evolution of music. We focus on the value of coupled empirical and formal methodologies, and on the futility of mysterianism, the declining view that the nature, origins and evolution of language cannot be addressed empirically. We identify key areas in which the evolution of language as a discipline has flourished historically, and suggest ways in which these advances can be integrated into the study of the evolution of music.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2018.00020/fullevolution of musicevolution of languagecultural transmissioncultural evolutionuniversalsmusic cognition |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Ravignani Andrea Ravignani Andrea Ravignani Bill Thompson Bill Thompson Piera Filippi Piera Filippi Piera Filippi Piera Filippi The Evolution of Musicality: What Can Be Learned from Language Evolution Research? Frontiers in Neuroscience evolution of music evolution of language cultural transmission cultural evolution universals music cognition |
| title | The Evolution of Musicality: What Can Be Learned from Language Evolution Research? |
| title_full | The Evolution of Musicality: What Can Be Learned from Language Evolution Research? |
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| title_short | The Evolution of Musicality: What Can Be Learned from Language Evolution Research? |
| title_sort | evolution of musicality what can be learned from language evolution research |
| topic | evolution of music evolution of language cultural transmission cultural evolution universals music cognition |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2018.00020/full |
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