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Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language (Hardcover)
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Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language (Hardcover)
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Evolution is opportunistic and has a "historic" logic of its own
making. Existing structures and systems are adapted to serve new
ends, often maintaining their original functions as well. Once a
new behavior is in place, natural selection may then modify a
structure to enhance that aspect of life; but some, or all, of the
demands of the starting point may persist. ...the brain mechanisms
that yield human syntax ability also have evolutionary antecedents
outside the domain of language. The subcortical basal ganglia
structures of the human brain that are critical elements of the
neural systems that allow us to comprehend the meaning or to form a
sentence also continue to support neural circuits that regulate
motor control as well as aspects of cognition, mood, and much else.
The evolutionary record of the changes that yielded human language
is evident in the morphology and physiology of the brain and body;
disputes concerning the evolution of language follow from different
readings of the text. Uncertainty arises because the text has
become obscured; the species who possessed intermediate stage of
language are extinct.... Nonetheless, the situation is not
hopeless...the present anatomy and physiology of the human brain
and body reveal its evolutionary history, which, in turn, provides
insights on the nature of the biologic bases of human cognition,
language, and other aspects of human behavior. --from Chapter 1
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