Multidisciplinary approaches in evolutionary linguistics

被引:14
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作者
Gong, Tao [1 ]
Shuai, Lan [2 ]
Wu, Yicheng [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Linguist, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[3] Zhejiang Univ, Ctr Study Language & Cognit, Hangzhou 310028, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
关键词
Comparative approach; FOXP2; Neuroimaging; Computer simulation; Psychological experimentation; CULTURAL-EVOLUTION; INHERITED SPEECH; BROCAS AREA; LANGUAGE; EMERGENCE; ORIGINS; MODELS; GENE; DYNAMICS; EXPLAIN;
D O I
10.1016/j.langsci.2012.09.002
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
Studying language evolution has become resurgent in modern scientific research. In this revival field, approaches from a number of disciplines other than linguistics, including (paleo)anthropology and archaeology, animal behaviors, genetics, neuroscience, computer simulation, and psychological experimentation, have been adopted, and a wide scope of topics have been examined in one way or another, covering not only world languages, but also human behaviors, brains and cultural products, as well as nonhuman primates and other species remote to humans. In this paper, together with a survey of recent findings based on these many approaches, we evaluate how this multidisciplinary perspective yields important insights into a comprehensive understanding of language, its evolution, and human cognition. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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