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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Main Author: Callum Hackett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2018-02-01
Series:Biolinguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5964/bioling.9085