In:How the Brain Got Language – Towards a New Road Map:
Edited by Michael A. Arbib
[Benjamins Current Topics 112] 2020
► pp. 1–6
Introducing the Volume
“How the brain got language: Towards a new road map”
Published online: 11 August 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.112.01arb
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.112.01arb
Abstract
This volume is based on presentations and discussion at a workshop entitled “How the Brain Got Language: Towards a New Road
Map.” Unifying themes include the comparative study of brain, behavior and communication in monkeys, apes and humans, and an
EvoDevoSocio framework for approaching biological and cultural evolution within a shared perspective. The final article of the
volume builds on the previous papers to present “The Comparative Neuroprimatology 2018 (CNP-2018) Road Map for Research on How
the Brain Got Language.”
Article outline
- Comparative Neuroprimatology and the EvoDevoSocio Perspective
- An old road map to draw upon
- Starting from the macaque
- Bringing in emotion
- Turn-taking and prosociality
- Imitation, pantomime and development
- Action, tool making, and language
- Meaning and grammar emerging
Acknowledgements References
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Arbib, M. A. (2012). How the Brain Got Language: The Mirror System Hypothesis. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press.