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Reflections on the “gesture-first” hypothesis of language origins
The main lines of evidence taken as support for the “gesture-first” hypothesis of language origins are briefly evaluated, and the problem that speech poses for this hypothesis is discussed. I conclude that language must have evolved in the oral–aural and kinesic modalities together, with neither mod...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer US
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27439503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1117-3 |
| Sumario: | The main lines of evidence taken as support for the “gesture-first” hypothesis of language origins are briefly evaluated, and the problem that speech poses for this hypothesis is discussed. I conclude that language must have evolved in the oral–aural and kinesic modalities together, with neither modality taking precedence over the other. |
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