The chapter deals with the debate about the origins of language, a topic that is now arousing conspicuous attention in linguistics as well as other scientific fields. Although the hottest dispute is between innatist and anti-innatist viewpoints, a variety of positions also characterises the biolinguistic framework. In this perspective, the debate is between the adaptationist and the exaptationist views of language evolution.

The Debate on the Origins of the Language Faculty in the Perspective of the Biolinguistic Programme

BAFILE, Laura
2010

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The chapter deals with the debate about the origins of language, a topic that is now arousing conspicuous attention in linguistics as well as other scientific fields. Although the hottest dispute is between innatist and anti-innatist viewpoints, a variety of positions also characterises the biolinguistic framework. In this perspective, the debate is between the adaptationist and the exaptationist views of language evolution.
2010
9783899717594
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