Language evolution: Two tracks are not enough

被引:3
作者
Catania, A. Charles [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Dept Psychol, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA
关键词
BEHAVIOR;
D O I
10.1017/S0140525X0999063X
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
010107 [宗教学];
摘要
This commentary argues that Evans & Levinson (E&L) should expand their two-track model to a three-track model in which biological and cultural evolution interact with the evolution of an individual's language repertories in ontogeny. It also comments on the relevance of the argument from the poverty of the stimulus and offers a caveat, based on analogous issues in biology, on the metaphor of language its it container, whether of meanings or of other content.
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