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  The evolution of tag-based cooperation in humans: The case for accent

Cohen, E. (2012). The evolution of tag-based cooperation in humans: The case for accent. Current Anthropology, 53, 588-616. doi:10.1086/667654.

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Cohen, Emma1, 2, 3, Author           
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1Comparative Cognitive Anthropology, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_55209              
2Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, ou_persistent22              
3Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology of the University of Oxford, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: Recent game-theoretic simulation and analytical models have demonstrated that cooperative strategies mediated by indicators of cooperative potential, or “tags,” can invade, spread, and resist invasion by noncooperators across a range of population-structure and cost-benefit scenarios. The plausibility of these models is potentially relevant for human evolutionary accounts insofar as humans possess some phenotypic trait that could serve as a reliable tag. Linguistic markers, such as accent and dialect, have frequently been either cursorily defended or promptly dismissed as satisfying the criteria of a reliable and evolutionarily viable tag. This paper integrates evidence from a range of disciplines to develop and assess the claim that speech accent mediated the evolution of tag-based cooperation in humans. Existing evidence warrants the preliminary conclusion that accent markers meet the demands of an evolutionarily viable tag and potentially afforded a cost-effective solution to the challenges of maintaining viable cooperative relationships in diffuse, regional social networks.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 20112012
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1086/667654
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Title: Current Anthropology
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Publ. Info: New York : University of Chicago Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 53 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 588 - 616 Identifier: ISSN: 0011-3204
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/110975500577345