The Origin of Languages. A Constrained Set of Hypotheses
As it seems impossible to find reliable evidence to back up hypotheses on the origin of our use of the linguistic tool in our acts of communication, I believe that we may start by pointing as accurately as possible to the processes involved, using a methodology that attempts to reach the levels of a...
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Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente
2014-12-01
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| description | As it seems impossible to find reliable evidence to back up hypotheses on the origin of our use of the linguistic tool in our acts of communication, I believe that we may start by pointing as accurately as possible to the processes involved, using a methodology that attempts to reach the levels of adequacy proposed by Chomsky, complemented by those suggested by David Marr. If we conclude that human communication and human language may have had different origins, we might find a new perspective which opens a vast field of research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3985b46c474842e195ebedce68e109742022-12-21T23:14:51ZengAssociazione Culturale Humana.MenteHumana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies1972-12932014-12-01727The Origin of Languages. A Constrained Set of HypothesesJosé Luis Guijarro0University of Cádiz, SpainAs it seems impossible to find reliable evidence to back up hypotheses on the origin of our use of the linguistic tool in our acts of communication, I believe that we may start by pointing as accurately as possible to the processes involved, using a methodology that attempts to reach the levels of adequacy proposed by Chomsky, complemented by those suggested by David Marr. If we conclude that human communication and human language may have had different origins, we might find a new perspective which opens a vast field of research.http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/110languagecommunicationevolution |
| spellingShingle | José Luis Guijarro The Origin of Languages. A Constrained Set of Hypotheses Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies language communication evolution |
| title | The Origin of Languages. A Constrained Set of Hypotheses |
| title_full | The Origin of Languages. A Constrained Set of Hypotheses |
| title_fullStr | The Origin of Languages. A Constrained Set of Hypotheses |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Origin of Languages. A Constrained Set of Hypotheses |
| title_short | The Origin of Languages. A Constrained Set of Hypotheses |
| title_sort | origin of languages a constrained set of hypotheses |
| topic | language communication evolution |
| url | http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/110 |
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