Add to ORKGLanguage is both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. Our aim here is to discuss, in an evolutionary perspective, the articulation of these two aspects of language. For this, we draw on the general conceptual framework developed by Ruth Millikan (1984) while at the same time dissociating ourselves from her view of language
It is widely assumed that human learning and the structure of human languages are intimately related...
The theory of evolution is “unreasonably effective” (in Wigner’s terms) in that it seems to apply to...
Our goal in this article is to review a debate over the evolution of language and to suggest some ke...
Language is both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. Our aim here is to discuss, in an evolution...
Language is both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. Our aim here is to discuss, in an evolution...
Language is both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. Our aim here is to discuss, in an evolution...
This chapter argues that an evolutionary cultural approach to language not only has already proven f...
Human language has no close parallels in other systems of animal communication. Yet it is an importa...
This paper reviews arguments against the evolutionary plausibility of a traditional genetically spec...
For a long time, human language has been assumed to be genetically determined and therefore the prod...
The origins and evolution of language and speech, and the processes governing language change repres...
Human language is both a cognitive and a cultural phenomenon. Any evolutionary account of language,...
A key challenge for theories of language evolution is to explain why language is the way it is and h...
International audienceWhile most evolutionary scenarios for language see it as a communication syste...
It is well accepted that languages change rapidly in a process of cultural evolution. But some anima...
It is widely assumed that human learning and the structure of human languages are intimately related...
The theory of evolution is “unreasonably effective” (in Wigner’s terms) in that it seems to apply to...
Our goal in this article is to review a debate over the evolution of language and to suggest some ke...
Language is both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. Our aim here is to discuss, in an evolution...
Language is both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. Our aim here is to discuss, in an evolution...
Language is both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. Our aim here is to discuss, in an evolution...
This chapter argues that an evolutionary cultural approach to language not only has already proven f...
Human language has no close parallels in other systems of animal communication. Yet it is an importa...
This paper reviews arguments against the evolutionary plausibility of a traditional genetically spec...
For a long time, human language has been assumed to be genetically determined and therefore the prod...
The origins and evolution of language and speech, and the processes governing language change repres...
Human language is both a cognitive and a cultural phenomenon. Any evolutionary account of language,...
A key challenge for theories of language evolution is to explain why language is the way it is and h...
International audienceWhile most evolutionary scenarios for language see it as a communication syste...
It is well accepted that languages change rapidly in a process of cultural evolution. But some anima...
It is widely assumed that human learning and the structure of human languages are intimately related...
The theory of evolution is “unreasonably effective” (in Wigner’s terms) in that it seems to apply to...
Our goal in this article is to review a debate over the evolution of language and to suggest some ke...