Evolutionary linguistics:
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APRIL MCMAHON
A N D
ROBERT MCMAHON
Aberystwyth University
gig CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
List of figures page x
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xix
1 Evolution and history 1
1 1 Overview 1
1 2 Evolutionary linguistics 1
1 3 Early ideas about the origin of language 2
1 4 Evolution and history 6
1 5 Saying evolution without meaning it 13
1 6 Beyond evolution? 18
1 7 Summary 20
Further reading 21
Points for discussion 21
2 Evidence for evolution 23
2 1 Overview 23
2 2 The argument from design 23
2 3 The critical period hypothesis 26
2 4 The argument from poverty of the stimulus 31
2 5 Creativity and creolisation 37
2 6 Language and the brain 40
2 7 Language genes 44
2 8 Summary 47
Further reading 48
Points for discussion 49
3 The comparative methods 51
3 1 Overview 51
3 2 Going backwards to move forwards 51
3 3 An outline of the comparative method in linguistics 53
3 4 Reconstruction and comparison are time-limited 55
3 5 Reconstruction and comparison of morphosyntax 58
3 6 Global etymologies 61
3 7 Limitations on reconstruction 67
3 8 The comparative method in biology 70
3 9 Summary 77
Further reading 78
Points for discussion 79
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viii CONTENTS
4 Who, where and when? 81
4 1 Overview 81
4 2 Biological family trees 81
4 3 Beware: falling trees! 87
4 4 Hominid histories 90
4 5 Summary 99
Further reading 100
Points for discussion 101
5 The vocal tract 102
5 1 Overview 102
5 2 Producing speech sounds 102
5 3 Uniquely human? 104
5 4 Complexities and critiques 108
5 5 Adaptations and complications 112
5 6 Summary 115
Further reading 116
Points for discussion 117
6 Language and the brain 119
6 1 Overview 119
6 2 Brains and genes: one topic, not two 119
6 3 Elementary brain geography 121
6 4 Specialisation of the brain for language 127
6 5 Evolution and the human brain 135
6 6 Summary 145
Further reading 146
Points for discussion 147
7 Language and genes 148
7 1 Overview 148
7 2 What is a gene, and how does it work? 149
7 3 Genes in populations 156
7 4 Genes in individuals 171
7 5 Summary 186
Further reading 187
Points for discussion 188
8 Big bang or cumulative creep? Saltation versus
gradual, adaptive evolution 189
8 1 Overview 189
8 2 Saltation: language and the big bang 189
83A gradual, adaptive view of the evolution of language 203
8 4 Summary 215
Further reading 216
Points for discussion 217
9 From protolanguage to language 219
9 1 Overview 219
9 2 Why protolanguage? 220
9 3 The nature of protolanguage 224
CONTENTS ix
9 4 From protolanguage to language 232
9 5 Motivations for increasing complexity 244
9 6 Phonology - still a mystery? 248
9 7 Biological and cultural evolution 256
9 8 Summary 263
Further reading 264
Points for discussion 265
Bibliography
Index
How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying
human language evolve? When, why and where did our ancestors become
linguistic animals, and what has happened since? This book provides a
clear, comprehensive but lively introduction to these interdisciplinary
debates. Written in an approachable style, it cuts through the complex,
sometimes contradictory and often obscure technical languages used
in the different scientific disciplines involved in the study of linguistic
evolution. Assuming no background knowledge in these disciplines, the
book outlines the physical and neurological structures underlying lan¬
guage systems, and the limits of our knowledge concerning their evolu¬
tion. Discussion questions and further reading lists encourage students to
explore the primary literature further, and the final chapter demonstrates
that, while many questions still remain unanswered, there is a growing
consensus as to how modern human languages have arisen as systems by
the interplay of evolved structures and cultural transmission.
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