Language evolution and an emergent property Export

@article{citeulike:2847262, abstract = {Much debate has been stimulated by the recent hypothesis that human language consists of a faculty that is shared with non-human animals (faculty of language in a broad sense; FLB) and a faculty that is specific to human language (faculty of language in a narrow sense; FLN). This hypothesis has encouraged a tendency to emphasize one component of FLN: the cognitive operation of recursion. In consequence, non-syntactical, yet unique, aspects of human language have been neglected. One of these properties consists of vocal learning that enables an abundance of learned syllables. I suggest that FLN is not an independent faculty, but an [`]emergent' property, arising from interactions between several other non-syntactical subfaculties of FLB, including vocal learning ability.}, author = {Okanoya, Kazuo}, booktitle = {Cognitive neuroscience}, citeulike-article-id = {2847262}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2007.03.011}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VS3-4NBRYF2-2/1/5f540d3195168daa39efe9d33f1a03c9}, doi = {10.1016/j.conb.2007.03.011}, journal = {Current Opinion in Neurobiology}, keywords = {evolution, hcf, language}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {271--276}, posted-at = {2008-08-06 16:55:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Language evolution and an emergent property}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2007.03.011}, volume = {17}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2847262 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2847262 N2 - Much debate has been stimulated by the recent hypothesis that human language consists of a faculty that is shared with non-human animals (faculty of language in a broad sense; FLB) and a faculty that is specific to human language (faculty of language in a narrow sense; FLN). This hypothesis has encouraged a tendency to emphasize one component of FLN: the cognitive operation of recursion. In consequence, non-syntactical, yet unique, aspects of human language have been neglected. One of these properties consists of vocal learning that enables an abundance of learned syllables. I suggest that FLN is not an independent faculty, but an [`]emergent' property, arising from interactions between several other non-syntactical subfaculties of FLB, including vocal learning ability. IS - 2 JF - Current Opinion in Neurobiology EP - 276 TI - Language evolution and an emergent property VL - 17 T2 - Cognitive neuroscience SP - 271 KW - evolution KW - hcf KW - language AU - Okanoya, Kazuo PY - 2007/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2007.03.011 ER -