TY - JOUR
T1 - From natural gestures to complex grammar
T2 - Review of Origins of Human Communication by Michael Tomasello. The MIT Press, 2008
AU - Tamariz, Monica
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - The study of language origins and evolution, although livelier than ever, as evidenced by recent literature (e.g. Ref. [1]), has been afflicted by fundamental disagreements over what language is. It has been defined, on the one hand, as a human-specific capacity specialized for translating thoughts into sequences of sounds [2,3], whereas, on the other hand, it has been considered to be an application of general cognitive skills that is indisolvably embedded in social, developmental and phylogenetic contexts.
AB - The study of language origins and evolution, although livelier than ever, as evidenced by recent literature (e.g. Ref. [1]), has been afflicted by fundamental disagreements over what language is. It has been defined, on the one hand, as a human-specific capacity specialized for translating thoughts into sequences of sounds [2,3], whereas, on the other hand, it has been considered to be an application of general cognitive skills that is indisolvably embedded in social, developmental and phylogenetic contexts.
U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2009.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2009.02.003
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 24
SP - 295
EP - 296
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 6
ER -