Motamedi, Y;
Schouwstra, M;
Kirby, S;
(2017)
An evolutionary approach to sign language emergence: From state to process.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
, 40
, Article e65. 10.1017/S0140525X15003003.
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Abstract
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.
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