Evolution, brain, and the nature of language

被引：266

作者：

Berwick, Robert C. ^{[1
,2
]}

Friederici, Angela D. ^{[3
]}

Chomsky, Noam ^{[4
]}

Bolhuis, Johan J. ^{[5
,6
]}

机构：

[1] MIT, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[2] MIT, Dept Brain & Cognit Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[3] Max Planck Inst Human Cognit & Brain Sci, Dept Neuropsychol, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

[4] MIT, Dept Linguist & Philosophy, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[5] Univ Utrecht, Cognit Neurobiol & Helmholtz Inst, Dept Psychol, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands

[6] Univ Utrecht, Cognit Neurobiol & Helmholtz Inst, Dept Biol, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands

来源：

TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES | 2013年 / 17卷 / 02期

关键词：

AUDITORY-PERCEPTION; SEMANTIC KNOWLEDGE; WORD-ORDER; BIRDSONG; COMPREHENSION; REPRESENTATION; LOCALIZATION; ARCHITECTURE; DISTANCE; SUPPORT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.tics.2012.12.002

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Language serves as a cornerstone for human cognition, yet much about its evolution remains puzzling. Recent research on this question parallels Darwin's attempt to explain both the unity of all species and their diversity. What has emerged from this research is that the unified nature of human language arises from a shared, species-specific computational ability. This ability has identifiable correlates in the brain and has remained fixed since the origin of language approximately 100 thousand years ago. Although songbirds share with humans a vocal imitation learning ability, with a similar underlying neural organization, language is uniquely human.

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页码：89 / 98

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