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[In the last quarter century we have seen an explosion of interest in the field of language evolution, and the pace is only picking up. This is deservedly so, as without understanding how human language evolved, we can hardly understand what language really is, or what defines humanhood.]
Published: Dec 19, 2018
Keywords: Gradualist vs. saltationist approaches; Language evolution; Natural selection; The antiquity of language
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