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Language Origins

Language Origins is a theoretical construct within the field of behavioral evolution that specifically addresses the evolutionary emergence and development of syntactic and semantic communication systems in humans, distinguished from related constructs by its focus on the biological, cognitive, and social mechanisms that enabled the transition from non-linguistic to linguistic behavior.

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Authors

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2017–2026

165

Variants

Glottogony

Parents

Publications

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Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use.

Norbert Hornstein, Noam Chomsky · The Philosophical Review · 1988 · 4.7K citations

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The symbolic species: the co-evolution of language and the brain

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 2.5K citations

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Origins of human communication

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 2.2K citations

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Molecular evolution of FOXP2, a gene involved in speech and language

Wolfgang Enard, Molly Przeworski, Simon E. Fisher et al. · Nature · 2002 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Language contact, creolization, and genetic linguistics

Terrence Kaufman · Lingua · 1990 · 1.5K citations

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Authors

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  1. KZ
    Klaus Zuberbühler

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 1.6K citations

    15

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  2. MA
    Michael A. Arbib

    University of Southern California, United States

    15 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. AB
    Antonio Benítez‐Burraco

    Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

    15 publications · 652 citations

    13

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  4. SK
    Simon Kirby

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. PL
    Philip Lieberman

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States

    12 publications · 2.7K citations

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Institutions

619

  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    40 publications

    7.1K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    24 h-index

    39 publications

    4.8K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    20 h-index

    41 publications

    10.6K citations

  4. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    33 publications

    2.7K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    61 publications

    3.2K citations

  6. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    17 h-index

    54 publications

    5.1K citations

  7. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    17 h-index

    28 publications

    9.8K citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    16 h-index

    23 publications

    2.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 43 publications · 12.2K citations

    37

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  2. Language

    35 publications · 6.7K citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 24 publications · 6.5K citations

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  4. Frontiers in Psychology

    23 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. Science

    21 publications · 4.1K citations

    18

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