Self domestication and the cultural evolution of language

Raviv, Limor; Kirby, S.

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.60

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Self domestication and the cultural evolution of language

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Raviv, Limor
Language Evolution and Adaptation in Diverse Situations (LEADS), MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;
Language and Genetics Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

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Raviv, L., & Kirby, S. (2023). Self domestication and the cultural evolution of language. In J. J. Tehrani, J. Kendal, & R. Kendal (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.60.

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The structural design features of human language emerge in the process of cultural evolution, shaping languages over the course of communication, learning, and transmission. What role does this leave biological evolution? This chapter highlights the biological bases and preconditions that underlie the particular type of prosocial behaviours and cognitive inference abilities that are required for languages to emerge via cultural evolution to begin with.