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The origins of language in teaching

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dc.contributor.authorLaland, Kevin N.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-15T13:30:03Z
dc.date.available2016-07-15T13:30:03Z
dc.date.issued2017-02
dc.identifier244334539
dc.identifierc150dea1-773b-4f22-b24b-bfe3504124f4
dc.identifier84976501391
dc.identifier000395057300035
dc.identifier.citationLaland , K N 2017 , ' The origins of language in teaching ' , Psychonomic Bulletin & Review , vol. 24 , no. 1 , pp. 225-231 . https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1077-7en
dc.identifier.issn1069-9384
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2457-0900/work/60630332
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/9148
dc.descriptionResearch supported in part by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.en
dc.description.abstractI introduce seven criteria for determining the validity of competing theories for the original function of language. I go on to present a novel explanation that meets all the criteria: language originally evolved to teach kin. I suggest that the use of symbols subsequently generated evolutionary feedback at two levels, in the form of self-modified selection pressures that favored structures in the mind that functioned to manipulate and use symbols with efficiency, and cultural selection on languages for learnability.
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dc.format.extent285303
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPsychonomic Bulletin & Reviewen
dc.subjectEvolutionen
dc.subjectLanguageen
dc.subjectTeachingen
dc.subjectBF Psychologyen
dc.subjectExperimental and Cognitive Psychologyen
dc.subjectArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)en
dc.subjectDevelopmental and Educational Psychologyen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subject.lccBFen
dc.titleThe origins of language in teachingen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorJohn Templeton Foundationen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolutionen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversityen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1077-7
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumber40128en


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