The emergence of modern languages: has human self-domestication optimized language transmission?

Antonio Benítez-Burraco
, Vera Kempe

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Original language	English
Article number	551
Number of pages	8
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00551
Publication status	Published - 17 Apr 2018

Keywords

Language evolution
Language acquisition
Self-domestication
Linguistic niche hypothesis
Child-directed speech

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Vera Kempe
- v.kempeabertay.acuk
- Department of Sociological and Psychological Sciences - Professor of Psychology and Language Learning
Person: Academic

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