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The origins of language in teaching
I introduce seven criteria for determining the validity of competing theories for the original function of language. I go on to present a novel explanation that meets all the criteria: language originally evolved to teach kin. I suggest that the use of symbols subsequently generated evolutionary fee...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27368625 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1077-7 |
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| author | Laland, Kevin N. |
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| description | I introduce seven criteria for determining the validity of competing theories for the original function of language. I go on to present a novel explanation that meets all the criteria: language originally evolved to teach kin. I suggest that the use of symbols subsequently generated evolutionary feedback at two levels, in the form of self-modified selection pressures that favored structures in the mind that functioned to manipulate and use symbols with efficiency, and cultural selection on languages for learnability. |
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| spelling | pubmed-53258572017-03-09 The origins of language in teaching Laland, Kevin N. Psychon Bull Rev Brief Report I introduce seven criteria for determining the validity of competing theories for the original function of language. I go on to present a novel explanation that meets all the criteria: language originally evolved to teach kin. I suggest that the use of symbols subsequently generated evolutionary feedback at two levels, in the form of self-modified selection pressures that favored structures in the mind that functioned to manipulate and use symbols with efficiency, and cultural selection on languages for learnability. Springer US 2016-07-01 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5325857/ /pubmed/27368625 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1077-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| spellingShingle | Brief Report Laland, Kevin N. The origins of language in teaching |
| title | The origins of language in teaching |
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| title_short | The origins of language in teaching |
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| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27368625 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1077-7 |
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