An evolutionary approach to sign language emergence: From state to process

作者:Motamedi Yasamin*; Schouwstra Marieke; Kirby Simon
来源:Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2017, 40: e65.
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X15003003

摘要

Understanding the relationship between gesture, sign, and speech offers a valuable tool for investigating how language emerges from a nonlinguistic state. We propose that the focus on linguistic status is problematic, and a shift to focus on the processes that shape these systems serves to explain the relationship between them and contributes to the central question of how language evolves.

  • 出版日期2017