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language as shaped by the brain: a standalone construct

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Language evolution

proposal that language adapted to preexisting learning and processing biases through cultural evolution, rather than the brain evolving a language-specific endowment.

In language evolution, language as shaped by the brain refers to proposal that language adapted to preexisting learning and processing biases through cultural evolution, rather than the brain evolving a language-specific endowment. This meaning comes from Christiansen (2008) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.[1]

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  1. Christiansen, M. H., & Chater, N. (2008). Language as shaped by the brain. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31(5), 489-509. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x08004998

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