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Motivation rather than imitation determined the appearance of language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Pavel N. Prudkov
Pavel N. Prudkov*
Affiliation:
Ecomon Ltd., Selskohosyastvennaya ul. 12-a, Moscow, Russia
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Abstract:

Arbib derives the origin of language from the emergence of a complex imitation system; however, it is unlikely that this complication could occur without a prior complicating within the imitated systems. This means that Arbib's hypothesis is not correct, because the other systems determined the appearance of language. In my opinion, language emerged when the motivational system became able to support goal-directed processes with no innate basis.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 142 - 143
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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