Table of ContentsLanguage Origins Language Origins True Language? Dance of the Bees Understanding Bee ‘Language’ Animal Communication Primate Studies Criticism -- “Clever Hans” Sensitivity Origins of Language 19th Century Ideas Looking for Beginnings Evolutionary Bush PPT Slide Relevant Evolutionary Steps Vocal Tract Relevant Evolutionary Steps Specific Brain Changes Costs of Brain Changes Cost of Increased Brain Size Benefits Beginnings Two Recent Speculations Group Size ~ Grooming Time Gossip instead of Grooming Alternative Speculation Deacon’s Language Origins Language for Commitment Gould/Pinker “Spandrels” Computational Linguistics Work CL Results Origins of Language |
Author: john nerbonne
Email: nerbonne@let.rug.nl Home Page: http://www.let.rug.nl/~nerbonne/ |