Markov Ilia, Kharitonova Kseniia, Grigorenko Elena L
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics (TIMES), The University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
J Intell. 2023 Mar 28;11(4):61. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence11040061.
With the present paper, we sought to use research findings to illustrate the following thesis: the evolution of language follows the principles of human evolution. We argued that language does not exist for its own sake, it is one of a multitude of skills that developed to achieve a shared communicative goal, and all its features are reflective of this. Ongoing emerging language adaptations strive to better fit the present state of the human species. Theories of language have evolved from a single-modality to multimodal, from human-specific to usage-based and goal-driven. We proposed that language should be viewed as a multitude of communication techniques that have developed and are developing in response to selective pressure. The precise nature of language is shaped by the needs of the species (arguably, uniquely ) utilizing it, and the emergence of new situational adaptations, as well as new forms and types of human language, demonstrates that language includes an act driven by a communicative goal. This article serves as an overview of the current state of psycholinguistic research on the topic of language evolution.
在本论文中，我们试图利用研究结果来说明以下论点：语言的演变遵循人类进化的原则。我们认为，语言并非为自身而存在，它是为实现共同交流目标而发展出的众多技能之一，其所有特征都反映了这一点。不断涌现的语言适应性变化努力更好地适应人类物种的当前状态。语言理论已从单模态发展到多模态，从人类特有的发展到基于用法和目标驱动的。我们提出，语言应被视为因应选择压力而已经发展并正在发展的众多交流技巧。语言的确切性质由使用它的物种（可以说，独特地）的需求塑造，新情境适应性变化以及人类语言新形式和新类型的出现表明，语言包含由交流目标驱动的行为。本文是关于语言进化这一主题心理语言学研究现状的概述。
