An evolutionary approach to sign language emergence: From state to process

Yasamin Motamedi-Mousavi; Marieke Schouwstra; Simon Kirby

doi:10.1017/S0140525X15003003

An evolutionary approach to sign language emergence: From state to process

Yasamin Motamedi-Mousavi, Marieke Schouwstra, Simon Kirby

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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Understanding the relationship between gesture, sign, and speech offers a valuable tool for investigating how language emerges from a non linguistic state. We propose that the focus on linguistic status is problematic, and a shift to focus on the processes that shape these systems serves to explain the relationship between them and contributes to the central question of how language evolves.

Original language	English
Article number	e65
Pages (from-to)	35-36
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	40
Early online date	26 Apr 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15003003
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 26 Apr 2017

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