Language as an Emergent Function: Some Radical Neurological and Evolutionary Implications

Language is a spontaneously evolved emergent adaptation, not a formal computational system. Its structure does not derive from either innate or social instruction but rather self-organization and selection. Its quasi-universal features emerge from the interactions among semiotic constraints, neural...

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Main Author: Terrence W. DEACON
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Basque Country 2010-01-01
Series:Theoria
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Online Access:http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/562