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The value of a language

While the notion value of a language is not established in linguistic theory, evaluation of languages has occurred both inside the discipline and in practical contexts...

Keywords: Language evolution, language maintenance, linguistic ethics

08/2006 | Folia Linguistica, Walter de Gruyter

A misconception about the Baldwin Effect: Implications for language evolution

Many scholars working in the field of language evolution interpret the Baldwin Effect (i.e...

Keywords: Baldwin Effect, genetic assimilation, grammatical assimilation, language acquisition device, Language evolution, natural selection, phenotypic plasticity

08/2006 | Folia Linguistica, Walter de Gruyter

Upper Paleolithic art, autism, and cognitive style: Implications for the evolution of language

The exquisite quality of the Upper Paleolithic paintings is brought into relation with the artistic talents of the autistic savant...

Keywords: Language evolution, Paleolithic art, autism, savant syndrome, cognition, sign categories

09/2006 | Semiotica, Walter de Gruyter

Walking and talking: Traces of the body in the grammar and lexis of spontaneous spoken English

In recent years there has been much conjecture on the origins of language, and it has been suggested that current linguistic phenomena such as motherese, pidgin languages or homesigns created by deaf children of non-signing parents offer us a window on the origins and evolution of language...

Keywords: Language evolution, symbolic communication, mirror neurons, systemic functional linguistics, spontaneous spoken language, multi-word verbs