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Syntax: An evolutionary stepchild

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Danielle Dilkes  and
Steven M. Platek
Danielle Dilkes*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA19102http://psychology.drexel.edu/platek.htm
Steven M. Platek*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA19102http://psychology.drexel.edu/platek.htm
*
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Abstract:

Dean Falk has strategically explored “mother-infant gestural and vocal interactions . . . in chimpanzees and humans” in order to offer hypotheses “about the evolutionary underpinnings that preceded the first glimmerings of language.” Though she offers compelling evidence for many interesting hypotheses as to the epigenesis of language, other possibilities have yet to be explored. Here we explore the role of gestural communication among deaf signers and the neural correlates associated with this type of communication.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 511 - 512
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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