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The evolution of musicality: What can be learned from language evolution research?

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Ravignani,  Andrea
Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;
Artificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel;
Research Department, Sealcentre Pieterburen;
Language Evolution and Interaction Scholars of Nijmegen, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

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Thompson,  Bill
Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;
Artificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel;
Language Evolution and Interaction Scholars of Nijmegen, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

Filippi,  Piera
Institute of Language, Communication and the Brain;
Laboratoire Parole et Langage LPL UMR 7309, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université;
Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive LPC UMR7290, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université;
Language Evolution and Interaction Scholars of Nijmegen, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

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Ravignani, A., Thompson, B., & Filippi, P. (2018). The evolution of musicality: What can be learned from language evolution research? Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12: 20. doi:10.3389/fnins.2018.00020.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0000-63DC-9
Abstract
Language and music share many commonalities, both as natural phenomena and as subjects of intellectual inquiry. Rather than exhaustively reviewing these connections, we focus on potential cross-pollination of methodological inquiries and attitudes. We highlight areas in which scholarship on the evolution of language may inform the evolution of music. We focus on the value of coupled empirical and formal methodologies, and on the futility of mysterianism, the declining view that the nature, origins and evolution of language cannot be addressed empirically. We identify key areas in which the evolution of language as a discipline has flourished historically, and suggest ways in which these advances can be integrated into the study of the evolution of music.