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holistic protolanguage: a standalone construct

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holisticprotolanguage1 CONSTRUCTHolistic protolanguageWRAY · EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE

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Evolution of language

the proposal that early human communication used whole unanalyzed messages that were only later broken into words and grammar.

In evolution of language, holistic protolanguage refers to the proposal that early human communication used whole unanalyzed messages that were only later broken into words and grammar. This meaning comes from Wray (1998) in Language & Communication.[1]

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grammar4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

  1. Wray, A. (1998). Protolanguage as a holistic system for social interaction. Language & Communication, 18(1), 47-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0271-5309(97)00033-5

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