Cargando…

The vocal tract as a time machine: inferences about past speech and language from the anatomy of the speech organs

While speech and language do not fossilize, they still leave traces that can be extracted and interpreted. Here, we suggest that the shape of the hard structures of the vocal tract may also allow inferences about the speech of long-gone humans. These build on recent experimental and modelling studie...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dediu, Dan, Moisik, Scott R., Baetsen, W. A., Bosman, Abel Marinus, Waters-Rist, Andrea L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8059537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33745306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0192