Origin of language: a biolinguistic approach
The present project consists in the formulation of a model of the evolutionary path for human language, formalizing the relations between different units and cognitive operations that made this ability possible. The model proposed here assumes that language comes from the merge of two communication...
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| author | Silva, Niasche Moraes de Aquino Sampaio, Thiago Oliveira da Motta |
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| description | The present project consists in the formulation of a model of the evolutionary path for human language, formalizing the relations between different units and cognitive operations that made this ability possible. The model proposed here assumes that language comes from the merge of two communication systems observed in nature (Expressive and Lexical types), also known as the Integration Hypothesis (Miyagawa et al. 2013). The goal of this model is to delineate how these two systems were combined. For this purpose, we use the Applied Evolutionary Epistemology, (henceforth AEE, Gontier, 2017) to verify the logical validity and the coherence of representation of the Integration Hypothesis for language evolution. AEE is a scientific and philosophical methodology used to drive research on evolution, offering a way to define the units, evolutionary mechanisms and levels involved in the emergence of an ability, ensuring the explanatory power of an evolutionary model. After the formulation of the model, it will be confronted with data from the fields involved in linguistic analysis and human evolution (i.e. archeology, neuroscience, pidgins and creoles, language acquisition, cognitive science), to evaluate if the units, levels and mechanisms of the model still hold.The research — in progress — which indicates that ontogeny and phylogeny are related in merge of the two communication systems, lies in a new field called Biolinguistics. |
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| spelling | ojs-article-10912025-09-26T14:32:30Z Origin of language: a biolinguistic approach Silva, Niasche Moraes de Aquino Sampaio, Thiago Oliveira da Motta Biolinguistics Evolution Language. The present project consists in the formulation of a model of the evolutionary path for human language, formalizing the relations between different units and cognitive operations that made this ability possible. The model proposed here assumes that language comes from the merge of two communication systems observed in nature (Expressive and Lexical types), also known as the Integration Hypothesis (Miyagawa et al. 2013). The goal of this model is to delineate how these two systems were combined. For this purpose, we use the Applied Evolutionary Epistemology, (henceforth AEE, Gontier, 2017) to verify the logical validity and the coherence of representation of the Integration Hypothesis for language evolution. AEE is a scientific and philosophical methodology used to drive research on evolution, offering a way to define the units, evolutionary mechanisms and levels involved in the emergence of an ability, ensuring the explanatory power of an evolutionary model. After the formulation of the model, it will be confronted with data from the fields involved in linguistic analysis and human evolution (i.e. archeology, neuroscience, pidgins and creoles, language acquisition, cognitive science), to evaluate if the units, levels and mechanisms of the model still hold.The research — in progress — which indicates that ontogeny and phylogeny are related in merge of the two communication systems, lies in a new field called Biolinguistics. Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2019-02-14 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artigo de convidado application/pdf https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/eventos/index.php/pibic/article/view/1091 10.20396/revpibic2620181091 Revista dos Trabalhos de Iniciação Científica da UNICAMP; n. 26 (2018): Congresso de Iniciação Científica Unicamp 2596-1969 eng https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/eventos/index.php/pibic/article/view/1091/1164 Copyright (c) 2019 Niasche Moraes de Aquino Silva, Thiago Oliveira da Motta Sampaio http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Silva, Niasche Moraes de Aquino Sampaio, Thiago Oliveira da Motta Biolinguistics Evolution Language. Origin of language: a biolinguistic approach |
| title | Origin of language: a biolinguistic approach |
| title_full | Origin of language: a biolinguistic approach |
| title_fullStr | Origin of language: a biolinguistic approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Origin of language: a biolinguistic approach |
| title_short | Origin of language: a biolinguistic approach |
| title_sort | origin of language: a biolinguistic approach |
| topic | Biolinguistics Evolution Language. |
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