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Language evolution

proposal that language evolved from a primate mirror system for grasping, through imitation and pantomime, to protosign and then protospeech.

In language evolution, mirror system hypothesis refers to proposal that language evolved from a primate mirror system for grasping, through imitation and pantomime, to protosign and then protospeech. This meaning comes from Arbib (2005) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.[1]

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hypothesis2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs imitation2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs mirror3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Arbib, M. A. (2005). From monkey-like action recognition to human language: An evolutionary framework for neurolinguistics. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(2), 105-124. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x05000038

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