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Evolutionary Sleight of hand: Then, they saw it; now we don't
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (2):137-138 (2005)
Abstract
Arbib's gestural-origins theory does not tell us why or how a subsequent switch to vocal language occurred, and shows no systematic concern with the signalling affordances or constraints of either medium. Our frame/content theory, in contrast, offers both a vocal origin in the invention of kinship terms in a baby-talk context and an explanation for the structure of the currently favored medium.Other Versions
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