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Perler I 325
Language/Evolution/Dupré: three theories:
1. Pinker: thesis: language is younger, there is a difference between human and animal.
2. P. Greenfield: Language and tool use have a common basis. - There are hierarchically structured tasks of object manipulation. - There is neural basis.
3. Ethology (Evolution of behavior):
Language as an adaptation to a process - it is still related to animal communication - Both are homologous (have common precursors). - Language is not a reaction to present stimuli - it also does not do information processing. - There is abig difference to humans.
Dupré pro: this allows to distinguish between older and younger characteristics.
>Language origins, >Language acquisition, >Animals, >Animal language, >Behavior, >Evolution.

John Dupré, 1991. "Conversation with Apes. Reflections on the Scientific Study of language". In: Investigating Psychology, Science of Mind after Wittgenstein, J. Hyman (ed.) London, New York: Routledge

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