Language evolution as a cascade of behaviorial bifurcations

The evolution of human language probably passed several gateways or decisive periods. Our aim is to show that they have the form of a cascade of bifurcations, i.e. of binary choices. At each step small causal constellations may have decided on which way to go. This explains the overall im...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolfgang Wildgen
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universidad de Alicante 2012-12-01
Series:Estudios de Lingüística
Online Access:https://revistaelua.ua.es/article/view/2012-n26-language-evolution-as-a-cascade-of-behaviorial-bifurcations