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Holophrasis vs Compositionality in the Emergence of ProtolanguageEdited by Michael A. Arbib and Derek Bickerton
[Interaction Studies 9:1] 2008
► pp. 117–132
Growth points from the very beginning
David McNeill | Department of Psychology, University of Chicago
Jonathan Cole | University of Bournemouth and Clinical Neurological Sciences, Clinical Neurophysiology, Poole Hospital, U. K.
Shaun Gallagher | Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida
Bennett Bertenthal | Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Early humans formed language units consisting of global and discrete dimensions of semiosis in dynamic opposition, or ‘growth points.’ At some point, gestures gained the power to orchestrate actions, manual and vocal, with significances other than those of the actions themselves, giving rise to cognition framed in dual terms. However, our proposal emphasizes natural selection of joint gesture-speech, not ‘gesture-first’ in language origin.
Published online: 07 March 2008
https://doi.org/10.1075/is.9.1.09mcn
https://doi.org/10.1075/is.9.1.09mcn
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