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koavf@lemmy.ml to Linguistics@mander.xyz · 7 months ago

The origins of language

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Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language. Human language, however, allows an infinite generation of meaning by combining phonemes into words and words into sentences. This contrasts with the very few meaningful combinations reported in animals, leaving the mystery of human language evolution unresolved.

Discussion at Language Log: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=69311

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