Why We Talk - Evolutionary Origins of Language - A Summary (Desalle)


	Why We Talk - Evolutionary Origins of Language - A Summary (Desalle)
Djiezes
4-1-2007 4:51 AM
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language, evolution, biology, culture, homo, humans, protolanguage, information, literature, book, summary, review, speech, science, desalle
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4-1-2007 3:09 PM
mona
wow, interesting stuff! thanks dijezes
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border: none;" cite="http://ebbolles.typepad.com/babels_dawn/2007/03/why_we_talk_sum.html">local optimality," the idea that evolution does the best it can, under the circumstances</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ebbolles.typepad.com/babels_dawn/2007/03/why_we_talk_sum.html"><STRONG><A href="http://ebbolles.typepad.com/babels_dawn/">#4</A></STRONG>:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ebbolles.typepad.com/babels_dawn/2007/03/why_we_talk_sum.html">our slow pace indicates we have not been selected to maximize information exchange</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ebbolles.typepad.com/babels_dawn/2007/03/why_we_talk_sum.html"><STRONG><A href="http://ebbolles.typepad.com/babels_dawn/2007/03/note_this_post__1.html">#5</A></STRONG> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ebbolles.typepad.com/babels_dawn/2007/03/why_we_talk_sum.html">protolanguage, a pre-syntactic form of speech with a protosemantics that enabled speakers to direct attention to objects without saying anything about them</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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