Causal Reasoning and Event Cognition as Evolutionary Determinants of Language Structure
The aim of this article is to provide an evolutionarily grounded explanation of central aspects of the structure of language. It begins with an account of the evolution of human causal reasoning. A comparison between humans and non-human primates suggests that human causal cognition is based on reas...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/7/843 |