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  Language evolving: Genes and culture in ongoing language evolution [Seminar]

Levinson, S. C., & Emmorey, K. (Eds.). (2013). Language evolving: Genes and culture in ongoing language evolution [Seminar]. Talk presented at the 2013 AAAS Annual Meeting: The Beauty and Benefits of Science. Boston, MA. 2013-02-14 - 2013-02-18.

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Levinson, Stephen C.1, Editor           
Emmorey, Karen2, Editor
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1Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_792548              
2San Diego State University, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: The theory of evolution is “unreasonably effective” (in Wigner’s terms) in that it seems to apply to both biological evolution and cultural change -- domains that might seem completely unrelated. Nowhere is this parallelism clearer than in the domain of language, where there is both an evolved biological basis for language and processes of cultural evolution that lie behind the diversification of languages. Language is clearly a bio-cultural hybrid -- we are biologically equipped for language in general, but inherit the specific cultural form of the languages in which we are socialized. This symposium explores the genetic foundations of language, the phylogenetic patterns of cultural diversification in language, and the ongoing interplay between biological and cultural evolution. Individual papers will address the relation between linguistic ability, brain, and genes; the biological basis for communicative interaction; the phylogenetic patterns in language diversification both in form and content; the effects of population genetics on language diversification; and the case of village sign languages: the interplay between genetics and language type. The papers suggest that one reason that evolutionary theory applies so well to both biological and cultural phenomena is that the two are intertwined and in ongoing interaction. Organizer: Stephen C. Levinson, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Co-Organizer: Karen Emmorey, Ph.D., San Diego State University Discussant: Dan Dediu, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Speakers: Simon E. Fisher, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Language, Evolution, and the Genomics Revolution Russell Gray, University of Auckland Evolutionary Principles and the Diversification of Linguistic Form Carol Padden, University of California Culture Before Genes: The Case of a Village Sign Language

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 Dates: 2013
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Title: the 2013 AAAS Annual Meeting: The Beauty and Benefits of Science
Place of Event: Boston, MA
Start-/End Date: 2013-02-14 - 2013-02-18

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