Cultural evolution is not independent of linguistic evolution and social aspects of language use.

作者信息

Scharinger Mathias, Erfurth Luise M

机构信息

Phonetics Research Group, Institute for German Linguistics, Philipps-University Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany

Research Center «Deutscher Sprachatlas», Institute for German Linguistics, Philipps-University Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany.

出版信息

Behav Brain Sci. 2022 Nov 10;45:e268. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22001285.

DOI:10.1017/S0140525X22001285

PMID:36353872

Abstract

The bifocal stance theory (BST) focuses on cultural evolution without alluding to associated processes in linguistic evolution and language use. The authors briefly comment on language acquisition but leave underexplored the applicability of BST to linguistic evolution, to changes of language representations, and to possible consequences for constructing social identity, based on, for example, collective resilience processes within language communities.

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