Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the human brain
William Calvin and Derek Bickerton offer three ways for getting from ape behaviors to syntax. They focus on the transition from simple word association in short sentences (protolan…
Linguists Debating Deepest Roots of Language
The debate on Nostratic- the "Mother Tongue." The New York Times, June 27, 1995.
NOVA Online-Transcripts-In Search of the First Language
There are surprising similarities among the languages of the world. Could it be that at one time long ago, we all spoke the same language?
Proto-Language
An investigation of the earliest language of man. Comparative studies of the Proto-Language and various language families and languages currently considered to be isolated.
The Extended Mind: Understanding Language and Thought in Terms of Complexity and Chaos Theory
Robert K. Logan, Professor of Physics, argues that the origins of speech and the human mind emerged simultaneously as the bifurcation from percepts to concepts.
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