Abstract Language serves as a cornerstone of human cognition. However, our knowledge
about its neural basis is still a matter of debate, partly because 'language'is often ill-defined …

Detailed comparative studies have revealed many surface similarities between linguistic
communication and the communication of nonhumans. How should we interpret these …

This paper provides an overview of what we take to be the key current issues in the field of
Generative Grammar, the study of the human Faculty of Language. We discuss some of the …

In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have
perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky: when and how did language begin? what is it …

A recent trend in psycholinguistic research has been to posit prediction as an essential
function of language processing. The present paper develops a linguistic perspective on …

Human expression is open-ended, versatile, and diverse, ranging from ordinary language
use to painting, from exaggerated displays of affection to micro-movements that aid …

This paper argues that the origins of language can be detected one million years ago, if not
earlier, in the archaeological record of Homo erectus. This controversial claim is based on a …

Intersubjectivity refers to two non-verbal intersubjective relations infants experience during
their first year that are precursors to the emergence of words. Trevarthen, a pioneer in the …

We propose that human self-domestication favored the emergence of a less aggressive
phenotype in our species, more precisely phenotype prone to replace (reactive) physical …

From its modern origin over sixty years ago, generative grammar has attempted to
characterize the human “faculty of language” as an evolvable trait–a particular phenotype …