On the representation of hierarchical structure: Revisiting Darwin’s musical protolanguage

In this article, we address the tenability of Darwin’s musical protolanguage, arguing that a more compelling evolutionary scenario is one where a prosodic protolanguage is taken to be the preliminary step to represent the hierarchy involved in linguistic structures within a linear auditory signal. W...

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Main Authors: Shigeru Miyagawa, Analía Arévalo, Vitor A. Nóbrega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2022.1018708/full