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Imitation systems, monkey vocalization, and the human language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Emmanuel Gilissen*
Affiliation:
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Anthropology and Prehistory, B-1000Brussels, Belgiumhttp://www.naturalsciences.be

Abstract:

In offering a detailed view of putative steps towards the emergence of language from a cognitive standpoint, Michael Arbib is also introducing an evolutionary framework that can be used as a useful tool to confront other viewpoints on language evolution, including hypotheses that emphasize possible alternatives to suggestions that language could not have emerged from an earlier primate vocal communication system.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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