In Defence of FLB/FLN: A Reply to Wacewicz et al.

Mendívil Giró, José Luis (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: “Language in language evolution research” (Wacewicz et al., in press) is a valuable synthesis of recent research on the origin and evolution of language. Its central message, however, is surprising: instead of encouraging the clearest possible specification of the object of study in research on language evolution, that is, a specification of what evolves when we say that language evolved, the authors argue that the lack of agreement on what language is has served to facilitate the significant progress made in research on language evolution over the last decade...

Idioma: Inglés

Año: 2020

Publicado en: Biolinguistics 14, SI (2020), 145 – 153
ISSN: 1450-3417

Originalmente disponible en: Texto completo de la revista

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/FFI2017-82460-P

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Lingüística General (Dpto. Lingüíst.y Liter.Hispán.)