Daniel L. Everett
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View article: Semiotics and the Origin of Language in the Lower Palaeolithic
Semiotics and the Origin of Language in the Lower Palaeolithic Open
This paper argues that the origins of language can be detected one million years ago, if not earlier, in the archaeological record of Homo erectus . This controversial claim is based on a broad theoretical and evidential foundation with la…
View article: How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention Open
How Language Began revolutionizes our understanding of the one tool that has allowed us to become the "lords of the planet." Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire th…
View article: A Corpus Investigation of Syntactic Embedding in Pirahã
A Corpus Investigation of Syntactic Embedding in Pirahã Open
The Pirahã language has been at the center of recent debates in linguistics, in large part because it is claimed not to exhibit recursion, a purported universal of human language. Here, we present an analysis of a novel corpus of natural P…
View article: An Evaluation of Universal Grammar and the Phonological Mind1
An Evaluation of Universal Grammar and the Phonological Mind1 Open
This paper argues against the hypothesis of a "phonological mind" advanced by Berent. It establishes that there is no evidence that phonology is innate and that, in fact, the simplest hypothesis seems to be that phonology is learned like o…