Language Evolution
Language Log 2021-01-31
Summary:
Today's SMBC starts this way: The whole thing: The mouseover title: "Please share this comic to increase your hierarchy status." The aftercomic: These Lecture Notes for ling001 have some discussion of various perspectives on this question. An exchange between Tecumseh Fitch and Derek Bickerton on the topic: "Musical protolanguage: Darwin's theory of language evolution revisited", […]