Justifications for a Discontinuity Theory of Language Evolution
In Chapter 6 of Biological Foundations of Language, Lenneberg argues against continuity theories of language evolution, which claim that language evolved from simpler communication systems. Although Lenneberg was pessimistic about even discontinuity theories explaining how language evolved, disconti...
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Language: | English |
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PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology
2018-02-01
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Series: | Biolinguistics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5964/bioling.9085 |