Language evolution: consensus and controversies Export

@article{citeulike:971579, abstract = {Why is language the way it is? How did language come to be this way? And why is our species alone in having complex language? These are old unsolved questions that have seen a renaissance in the dramatic recent growth in research being published on the origins and evolution of human language. This review provides a broad overview of some of the important current work in this area. We highlight new methodologies (such as computational modeling), emerging points of consensus (such as the importance of pre-adaptation), and the major remaining controversies (such as gestural origins of language). We also discuss why language evolution is such a difficult problem, and suggest probable directions research may take in the near future.}, author = {Christiansen, Morten H. and Kirby, Simon}, citeulike-article-id = {971579}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00136-0}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1364-6613(03)00136-0}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/christiansen03trends.html}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VH9-48Y6WHH-5/2/ddd5151772aab7493520a349551a13ba}, doi = {10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00136-0}, journal = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences}, keywords = {alife, cognition, communication, language}, month = {July}, number = {7}, pages = {300--307}, posted-at = {2009-02-04 15:25:00}, priority = {2}, title = {Language evolution: consensus and controversies}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00136-0}, volume = {7}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:971579 L3 - citeulike-article-id:971579 N2 - Why is language the way it is? How did language come to be this way? And why is our species alone in having complex language? These are old unsolved questions that have seen a renaissance in the dramatic recent growth in research being published on the origins and evolution of human language. This review provides a broad overview of some of the important current work in this area. We highlight new methodologies (such as computational modeling), emerging points of consensus (such as the importance of pre-adaptation), and the major remaining controversies (such as gestural origins of language). We also discuss why language evolution is such a difficult problem, and suggest probable directions research may take in the near future. IS - 7 JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences EP - 307 TI - Language evolution: consensus and controversies VL - 7 SP - 300 KW - alife KW - cognition KW - communication KW - language AU - Christiansen, Morten AU - Kirby, Simon PY - 2003/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00136-0 ER -